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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
Undergrad Silly theoretical area question
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MHB Proving $a^2-3a-19$ is Not Divisible by 289
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MHB How Do You Calculate the Entry Velocity of a Ball into a Basketball Hoop?
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MHB Force of Friction: 0.5kg Ball & 0.381m Net
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MHB Solve Parallelogram: Lengths X & Y, Angle Z, A=15in, B=20.5in
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Undergrad Pulling a negative out of a square root
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MHB Steps to Success: A Non-Business Math Student's Guide
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MHB Angular momentum and a basketball
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High School Solving 'Hundepuzzle' with High School Maths Only
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MHB Solve Exponent Questions: (2^2015)*(5^2019)
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Undergrad Bin Packing Problem Variation with Restricted Bins & Items
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MHB *Simultaneous equation 4 variables
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High School Representation of (x-7) and (x+1)
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High School What Is b^2-4ac? Quadratic Formula Explained
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Undergrad Solve for a constant in an equation
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Undergrad How to Prove an Inverse Function Using Equating Square Roots?
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MHB Prove the sum is less than 2016
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MHB Calculate the sides of a triangle knowing its area, perimeter and angle A.
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Undergrad Greatest common factor with exponents of first input
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Undergrad Brainstorm and confusion of concepts
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Undergrad What is the connection between Ramanujan and the value of infinity?
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Who disliked/was bad at Math in High School?
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Graduate How Can the Sum of All Natural Numbers Equal -1/12?
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MHB Can $\sqrt{8}^{\sqrt{7}}$ Ever Be Greater Than $\sqrt{7}^{\sqrt{8}}$?
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High School How can i solve joint proportion?
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Undergrad Resolve for C: A[(B+C)^D-C^D]=E
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MHB Help with Non-Triangle Proof Needed
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Insights The Millennium Prize Problems: Part I - Comments
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Undergrad Lifting a square tile by one of its corners
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MHB Inverse trigonometric functions
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High School Summation Formula for Adding by 3's: n(2n+1)/3
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Graduate What Connects Different Types of Geometry in Mathematics?
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High School How do you eliminate one term of several in a denominator?
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Undergrad Can b always be greater than 0?
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MHB Why does this proportion work?
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Undergrad Is N Divisible by 2, 3, 5, or 7?
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MHB Find positive integer solutions
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High School Determining Y without X: Solutions Explained
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Undergrad Is a^2+c Always a Prime Number Under Certain Conditions?
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Graduate Fascinating number theory relationship
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High School The how to represent an inequality in a graph question
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MHB Is Floor Function Equality Proven for All Non-Negative x?
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Insights Partial Fractions Decomposition - Comments
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High School What does this notation "<>" mean?
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Undergrad The Value of 100! to 110! Factorial Problem
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Graduate Testing primes using factorials
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MHB Fractions/brackets/parentheses and powers.
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MHB Finding Symmetries of a Function
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MHB How to fit a quadratic function to two points?
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MHB Is $10^a\lt 127$ True for the Real Root of $x^3-3x-3=0$?
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High School What kind of formula is this and how is it to be retraced?
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MHB Why Does an Inequality Sign Flip?
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Undergrad New Year's Day Puzzle Question....
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MHB Geom. Challenge: Prove $(1-\cos A)(1-\cos B)(1-\cos C)\ge \cos A\cos B \cos C$
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High School Multiplying and dividing real and complex numbers
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MHB How can trigonometric functions be simplified using specific values?
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Graduate Theorems that can't be proved by induction
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Undergrad Comparing Powers: A Mental Technique
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Graduate What is a Russian style in mathematics?
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MHB How Many Digits in the Number $2^{100}$?
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Undergrad Compound Interest & Number e Connection
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MHB Can You Find the 8-Digit Number That is a Multiple of 2013 in Greg's Solution?
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MHB Find Min Value of a+b+c=1: $\sqrt {a^2+b^2}+\sqrt {b^2+c^2}+\sqrt {c^2+a^2}$
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Undergrad Does the equation x^x^x^x^x^...=n hold true for all numbers?
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High School Why is the number zero crucial in math and science?
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MHB Are the Roots of cx^2 + 2ax +b = 0 Real?
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High School Why are dimensions always at right angles?
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MHB The Search for an 'A' Whose Powers All Start with 9
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World's hardest easy geometry problem
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High School Who and when - simple piece of geometry
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Undergrad Hexagon's rotating in a larger hexagon
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Undergrad Explaining imaginary numbers to laypeople
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MHB Cube Root Challenge: Prove Inequality
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Graduate Looking for a multivariate function with certain properties
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MHB Inequality Challenge: Prove Real $a,b,c,x,y,z$
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MHB Can you prove the Floor Function Challenge?
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Graduate Volume in n Dimensions: Understanding the Meaning of n=0
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Graduate Envelope(s) of the Sinc function
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MHB Challenge of Square Root Problem
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Undergrad How many ways a number can be written as components sum?
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High School What are Mathematical Operations?
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MHB Find all combinations of a,b,c
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Graduate Archimedes' area of a sphere proof; proposition 2
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MHB Find the Smallest of A and B: $A-B=98$ with Multiple of 19 Digit-sum
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MHB Find x_1+x_3+x_5+--------+x_999
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MHB Prove it should have no solution
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MHB Prove 1000th Progression of an Algebraic Series is Less than 1/79
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Undergrad How to Factorize a Large Number for Permutations?
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MHB Solve for x & y: $a+b\sqrt{2}$ Given $2x+y-\sqrt{3x^2+3xy+y^2}=2+\sqrt{2}$
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MHB I just want to know one divergent formula
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MHB Comparing Factorials and Exponentials: Which is Greater?
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Graduate How can we prove that integers can be defined as odd or even?
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MHB Minimum Perimeter of a Trapezoid: Find R & P
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What is the Math TV playlist and how can I access it?
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High School Volume of a cylinder and radius
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Graduate What is the "Book proof" of Euler's formula?
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MHB Comparison of value between two fractions
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Graduate Variables definition in Euler's introduction to analysis
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MHB Prove that function is invertible
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MHB Prove Inequality: $m,n,k\in N$, $m>1,n>1$
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