Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Thu Dec 11 21:56:35 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mBC5uZ64002956 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:56:35 -0800 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id mBC5xEdu005072 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:59:14 -0800 Message-Id: <200812120559.mBC5xEdu005072@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS 551 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:59:14 -0800 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > if a similar type of question is asked in the final exam tomorrow, is > it necessary that we do it the same way as shown in the posted > solution online (using -ve bucket size) or is it ok if we do it with > our own method, as long as the final answer is correct! If a question does not require you to use a particular method, you can pretty much use any method you want. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Bill Cheng wrote: > Someone wrote: > > > In homework - Pr.4, for the part (2) , how did the solution come to > > the conclusion that the bucket size of 2 that we arrived at is > > sufficient? > > If B = 2, then everything in the Bucket Volume column will be > bumped up by 2. Then nothing will be negative. So, B = 2 > is sufficient. > -- > Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu