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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
Undergrad How are we able to take the log of both sides of the equation?
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How many decimals of Pi do you remember?
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High School What is the error in this simple logarithmic equation?
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High School Is there an easy simplification of (n)/(n)?
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High School Converting Decimals to Fractions
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Undergrad Can the angles of a quadrilateral be determined with known side lengths?
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High School Help with ratio 1.0 x 10-2 = 1:100
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High School Solving 1.25 x 10-2 Sv-1 = 1:80
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Graduate General equation of a circle in 3D?
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Undergrad How do I apply the distributive law to ∑(k xi + j yi)?
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High School Midpoint Formula: Intuitive Explanation
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Undergrad Number of real solutions to x/100=sinx
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Undergrad Trigonometric Equation with Unequal Coefficients: How to Solve?
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FooPlot - online graphing calculator
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High School Another displacemenet and weight question?
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Amaze Friends: Learn How to Do an Amazing Card Trick!
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High School What is the Best Calculator for College Algebra?
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Undergrad Can ANY curve be described by an equation?
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High School Master Recurring Decimals Conversion with My Advanced Math Tips
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High School How to Lay Out Tiles to Create Largest Circular Area
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High School How Much Weight Can Aluminum Pontoons Support in Fresh Water?
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Graduate Locating Points in 3D Space Based on Given Parameters
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High School Im really stuck on this basic formula
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High School Im really stuck on this basic formula
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Undergrad Function, f, with domain (-infinity, + infinity)
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Graduate Euler's Totient Function Proving
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High School Same expressions, but different functions
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High School Line segment of length pi (Just a thought I've had)
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Graduate A Contradiction in Moment of Inertia Formulae by reductio ad absurdum?
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High School Extracting Square Roots in your head
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Undergrad Why is x^2 not bijective when defined with a domain including 0?
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Graduate Projective Geometry: Proving Existence of Centers S_1, S_2 & S_3
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Undergrad Puzzle Solving - How to Transform (eqn 1) to (eqn 2)?
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Undergrad General Help for Combinatorics and Graph Theory
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Arthur Benjamin the methamagician
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Graduate Can I visualize three variable functions through scalar and vector fields?
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Undergrad Preparing for College Math: Tips and Resources
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High School Is it Integrable or Integratable?
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High School Perpendicular Lines: Slope, Angle & Equations
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Undergrad Solving for Delta Squared: Rules & Examples
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Undergrad Discrete Math - equivalence laws
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Undergrad Is there a hierarchy between pure and applied mathematics?
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Undergrad Solve the Pythagorean Tripple 3^x+4^x=5^x
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Undergrad Combining two trig terms into one?
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Undergrad Help with Estimating Total Area
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High School Divide a Sphere into Many Shapes
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High School Why do we have order of operations in math?
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Undergrad Economist uses Drake equation to predicts odds of finding GF
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Undergrad How Is the Sum of Squares Formula Derived Using Induction?
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Graduate What is a phase map and how is it used in structured light 3D scanners?
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High School How Do You Simplify 4√(sin(π/4))?
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High School Irrational Numbers: Infinite Numerical Values Explained
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Undergrad Euclid's Proof: Infinity of Primes
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High School Formula for Microsoft Excel®'s FV function?
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Undergrad Brain teaser, reminds The lady or the tiger
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Graduate Simpler Approach for Solving Simultaneous Equations with Multiple Variables?
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Undergrad Proof Sin^2(x)-Sin^2(2x)=Cos^2(2x)-Cos^2(x) - Get Help Now!
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Graduate Are You a Dead Head Who Appreciates Math?
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Undergrad Is Math a Tool for Understanding Our World?
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High School Three Passengers and Train Station Puzzle
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Graduate Do All Fractals Exhibit Exact Self-Similarity?
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High School Software to learn algebra and geometry
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Undergrad Recurrence relation of tangent
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High School Factoring vs. original equation
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High School Infinite String and Letter Puzzle
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Some interesting brainteasers Starter I used
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High School What is the sum of digits in the numbers 1 to 2010?
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Graduate Knight and knaves and distant planet puzzle
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Undergrad Finding the minimum value that an expression can take.
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Graduate Use of infinity in mathematics from the constructivists?
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Undergrad Triangulation: Locate Point with 3 Sensors
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High School Explain the logic behind proportions
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Graduate Convert a philosophical statement to a mathematical formula?
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High School Half of a Bucket of Water: Limit or Infinity?
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Graduate What Does Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever Mean in Math Terms?
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Undergrad How Can Soldiers Ensure They All Have Been Summoned?
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Undergrad Need book on billiard ball type problems
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High School Imaginary numbers negative confusion
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Undergrad Can y(x) be Calculated from a Cubic Bezier Curve?
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High School How to write that per that in mathematical terms?
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Undergrad Solve 3^(2x) - 2*3^(x+5) + 3^10 = 0 - Brain Boosting Hint
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Undergrad Numbers and systems a way of storing states of energy
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Undergrad Circle to Circle Tangent Equation
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High School Where is the arsenic in the Six Jars Puzzle?
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High School Which Book is Best for Self-Studying Number Theory?
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Undergrad Questions about conic sections
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High School AQA AS Maths question from '09 paper
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High School Intuition behind a method of adding two fractions
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High School Introductory books with lots of problems
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High School Australian mathematics competition, papers needed
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Graduate What if 0 is just a concept with no actual real-world counterpart?
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Undergrad How can I optimize my learning of advanced math?
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High School Why do we take slope as rise over run?
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Undergrad Calculating Logarithms: \log_a (b) = {\ln (b) \over \ln (a)}
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High School How to convert from hex to dec ?
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High School I want to understand intuitively why LCM(a,b)=ab/GCF(a,b)
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High School Learning Math from Basics to Advanced
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High School What does the triangle equals sign mean?
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Undergrad Given positive interger N, now many non-decreasing sequences of length
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Undergrad Help Needed: Explaining x^{x} = e^{xlgx} and x^{a}
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