doesn't matter

ChapterOneMicro.iml

     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java

      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Short add(short baseValue, short difference) {
+
         return null;
     }
 

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java

      * @return true if `x` is greater than `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x > y;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is less than `y`
      */
     public Boolean isLessThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x <y;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is greater than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x >= y;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return true if `x` is less than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isLessThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        return x <= y;
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java

      * @return `Hello World` as a string
      */
     public static String getHelloWorld() {
-        return null;
+        return "Hello World";
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the concatenation of two strings, `firstSegment`, and `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(String firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the concatenation of an integer, `firstSegment`, and a String, `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(int firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the first 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getPrefix(String input){
-        return null;
+       return input.substring(0, 3);
+
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the last 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getSuffix(String input){
-        return null;
+        return input.substring(input.length() - 3);
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the equivalence of two strings, `inputValue` and `comparableValue`
      */
     public static Boolean compareTwoStrings(String inputValue, String comparableValue){
-        return null;
+        return (inputValue.equals(comparableValue)) ;
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the middle character of `inputValue`
      */
     public static Character getMiddleCharacter(String inputValue){
-        return null;
+        if (inputValue.length() % 2 == 1){
+            int bob = inputValue.length()/2;
+            return inputValue.charAt(bob);
+        }
+        else {
+            int bob = (inputValue.length() - 1)/2;
+            return inputValue.charAt(bob);
+        }
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the first sequence of characters
      */
     public static String getFirstWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        String[] splitStr = spaceDelimitedString.trim().split("\\s+");
+                return splitStr[0];
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return the second word of a string delimited by spaces.
      */
     public static String getSecondWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        String[] splitStr = spaceDelimitedString.trim().split("\\s+");
+        return splitStr[1];
+
     }
 
     /**
      * @return an identical string with characters in reverse order.
      */
     public static String reverseTheTwo(String stringToReverse){
-        return null;
+        String bob = stringToReverse;
+        return new StringBuilder(bob).reverse().toString();
+
+
     }
 }

src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestPredicateUtilities.java

         boolean outcome = math.isGreaterThan(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 
 
         boolean outcome = math.isLessThan(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 
 
         boolean outcome = math.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 }

src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java

     public void substringBeginTest(){
         // : Given
         String input = "Hello";
-        String expected = "olleH";
+        String expected = "llo";
 
         // : When
         String actual = StringUtilities.getPrefix(input);
         String expected = "Wilmington";
 
         // : When
-        String actual = StringUtilities.getFirstWord(input);
+        String actual = StringUtilities.getSecondWord(input);
 
         // : Then
         assertEquals(expected, actual);