Eureka!

Ok, so I should be sound asleep by now, but instead I've been sitting here plugging away at Verzani and trying to make heads or tails of my homework problems. Here's a summary of the conversation I was having with "R":

me > do this
R: NO! Error could not find function
me> ok, try this instead?
R: NO! Syntax Error
me> Ummmmm... let's be reasonable. How about this?
R: NO! Warning message
me> Puhleeeeeaaaaaasssssee do this? I'll be your friend.
R: ABSOLUTELY NOT! ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!

I have pages like this...

Anyway, I was getting the numbers associated with the Normal(x,y) distribution abbreviation mixed up with max and min. Just before I was about to throw in the towel (resolving to deprive myself of more sleep and work on this early in the morning), I realized that the numbers in the brackets are actually the mean and standard deviation (how did I miss that!?!). After having this epiphany, I was able to finish my homework problems in 10-15 minutes!

It's so weird how I'll sit and stare at the same scribbles on the same pages for hours and miss some of the most important points!

Ok, time for me to hit the hay! See you all in the morning...