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Math and Information Technology

Text-Dependent Questions

1.What is an algorithm, and how might one be used?

2. How does the math-based encryption described help solve privacy issues?

3. In the UCLA study, was the predictive algorithm more or less effective than the human analysts at predicting crime locations?

Research Project

Find a website explaining how to use “Caesar’s Cipher” and translate a written sentence into a coded version.