General Math Forum

Join in expert discussion on general math topics that are not applicable to the specific categories. This includes topics are usually high school math level. Homework help is available.

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High School Uncovering Hidden Treasures: 3 IIT Students' Primality-Test Algorithm

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High School Who Lives on Each Floor in This 4-Story Building?

  • rotor2
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Undergrad What advanced mathematics should I study for business applications?

  • dmehling
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High School Solving Quadratic Equations to Help My Kid

  • AC5FFw
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Undergrad Inquiry about the properties of square roots

  • spherenine
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Math Lecture Video Archive - UCCS

  • Sankaku
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High School Solving Algebra Problem: a = SQRT(b/x)-cx

  • beeresearch
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High School How many bananas can Corey the camel transport to the market?

  • vladimir69
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Graduate De Broglie wavelenght of Earth and Moon

  • olovomax
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Undergrad Min Cut on Graph: BGL Users Answer David's Question

  • daviddoria
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High School Calculate X and Y: How to Determine Special Price Tickets for a Group of 14

  • Warz
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Undergrad Can an Old Man Solve a Rubik's Cube Before His House is Destroyed?

  • Alpha Orionis
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High School Creating Physical Formulas: Agreement or Experimentation?

  • thedy
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Graduate Solve 2n Red and Blue Points on a Plane Problem

  • Dragonfall
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Undergrad Calculate Max. Force on Car Lights at Highway Speeds

  • VooDooCC
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High School How Do You Simplify Complex Fractional Exponents in Algebra?

  • tunaizgood
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Undergrad Is Planck's Constant Irrational?

  • Unredeemed
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Undergrad Physical meaning of directrix?

  • homology
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Undergrad Physical Meaning of Mathematical Quantities

  • EngWiPy
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Undergrad Find Independent of x in (6x^2-3/x)^6 Using Pascal's Triangle

  • Mathysics
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Undergrad What Mathematical Strategies Can Boost Your Business Profits?

  • ojsimon
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High School Overcoming Simple Math Mistakes: Tips and Tricks for Better Grades

  • ObHassell
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Undergrad Formula for finding logarithms possible?

  • Thymo
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Today is September, 9, 2009 or 9/9/09

  • Jimmy Snyder
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High School Factoring a Sum of Cubes: How to Factor 8x^6+64?

  • tmlfan_179027
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Undergrad ODE Textbook 9th Edition: Boyce & DiPrima

  • qamptr
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Graduate Human population verses time, fourier transform of that function .

  • Spinnor
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High School What Number Corresponds to Eyeliner in This Brainteaser?

  • The riddler
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High School Calculate Exponents: 2^n = 1000?

  • alfie254
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Undergrad You have a 3x3x3 cube, built with 1x1x1 bricks (27 bricks in total).

  • Werg22
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Graduate Can You Isolate Tc in a Transcendental Equation?

  • mrnn
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High School Are 'power', 'index' and 'exponent' exact synonyms

  • Aeneas
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Undergrad Solve Pi: What if Its Remainder is 0?

  • Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad RMS and the Pythagorean Theorem

  • kotreny
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High School Need Book Suggestion for High School Algebra and Trigonometry

  • xCross
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Graduate How did Chu Tsai-yü calculate 12-tone equal temperament in the 16th century?

  • 2^Oscar
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Graduate Where can i find the proof to this result?

  • sutupidmath
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Undergrad Projecting distance for Unit Vector

  • andykol
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Undergrad Why Does 2 Seem to Equal 3 in This Mathematical Scenario?

  • PrincePhoenix
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Graduate Is this the Future of Mathematics?

  • Jimmy84
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Undergrad So the identity is actually:\sum_{i = 0}^{n-1} i = \frac{n(n-1)}{2}

  • killerfish
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High School Hexagon Book puzzle that doesnt work

  • Galadirith
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Undergrad How to make an optimal schedule

  • daniel_i_l
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Undergrad Solve Recreational Math: Identify Odd Weight Coin in 5 Weighs

  • jvwert
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High School Is There a Simple Explanation for Why Division by Zero is Undefined?

  • Hippasos
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Graduate Help with Stirlings formula please

  • james.farrow
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Undergrad Understanding Stopping Distance for an Alfa Romeo

  • Amel
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Undergrad 12 coins and a balance beam scale

  • isly ilwott
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Undergrad Finding Global Position from Distance, Phi, and Theta?

  • mamali
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Undergrad Teaching Precalc - extraneous roots?

  • dreamtheater
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High School Is being 12 minutes late considered missing a deadline?

  • Andrew Mason
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Undergrad How Many Moves to Solve the IMPACT Riddle Using Specific Rules?

  • MrJones
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High School Reversing Numbers: Why Does Answer = 0 or Divisible by 3?

  • V8Maverick
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Undergrad Generating Functions: Resources for Intro | Number Theory

  • Fisicks
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Graduate Do you know any books in the field of neuromathematics?

  • nworm
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What the following number Sequence

  • a2m7l5
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What Do These Long Strings of Numbers Represent?

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Undergrad Algebraic expression rewritting

  • J Goodrich
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Undergrad Riddle of the Three Prisoners: Who Knows Their Hat Color?

  • drizzle
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Undergrad Determine if a Sudoku puzzle is easy, medium, hard, or evil

  • jobyts
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Undergrad Math geniuses: Design a function that gives this output

  • Evil Robot
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High School Why is the Circle Measured in 360 Degrees?

  • crays
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Graduate Transpose Problem: Solving Steering Geometry

  • ZachGriffin
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Undergrad Math puzzle involving the game Connect 4

  • Blue_Jaunte
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High School Is 0 an Odd or Even Number? The Confusion Surrounding Evenness of Zero

  • monty37
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Graduate Fun math problem from IMO 2007

  • jhooper3581
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Undergrad Discovering Graph Theory: Is it Worth Taking for Rigor and Interest?

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High School Is a Paper Strip Contracted on a Table a Parabola?

  • SAZAR
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Graduate O≡(0,0), A≡(2,0)AND B≡(1,√3). P(x,y)

  • abhishek.93
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Undergrad Finding Explosives with 8 Balls & 2 Weighings

  • jojo_working
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High School What are the different methods for solving an inequality?

  • EngWiPy
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High School What does b indicate for y=(A^x)^b

  • brandy
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Undergrad Fourier Transform Decomposition

  • khdani
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Undergrad Solve 3^{2010}+15^{2010} Divided by 13 | Help for Math Struggler

  • BustedBreaks
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Undergrad Is Acme Klein Bottle the Funniest Non-Orientable Surface?

  • Ian_Brooks
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High School Find Direction Angle of Vector in Plane

  • htk
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Graduate How Do You Determine if a Line Segment Intersects a Square in 2D Geometry?

  • eniven
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Undergrad Navigating Difficult Math: Intuition vs Proofs

  • JanClaesen
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High School How Is the Value of 4⋄ Calculated in This Math Problem?

  • depathak15
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Concerning Mathematica Rejecta

  • flouran
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Graduate Mathematical model of a political process

  • wildman
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Graduate Social Networks, Poisson, And ARMA

  • John Creighto
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High School Loss of information in tangents

  • Maxwellkid
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Graduate Power and value assignment puzzle

  • K Sengupta
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High School Multiplication Tips: Adding X by Z + Tricks for 10

  • barthayn
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Undergrad How can specific values be constructed in polynomials with given roots?

  • Bleys
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High School Understanding Algebra 1: Multiplying (AX + B)(C - D) Simplified

  • pointintime
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Undergrad Depressing, my math skills have gone to crap

  • gravenewworld
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Undergrad How do you isolate a variable in a function such as this

  • Storm Butler
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High School Does a-a Always Equal a*0 in Any Number System?

  • johncena
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Undergrad Need to construct a finite series with certain properties

  • avalys
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Undergrad How to prove tan70 = 2tan50 + tan20?

  • johncena
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Undergrad Why does FullSimplify not work with assumptions in Mathematica?

  • daudaudaudau
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Undergrad Is the Four Color Theorem Proof Controversial?

  • 2^Oscar
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Undergrad Calculating circle chords for lumber template

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Book Recommendations for Maths

  • Skrew
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High School Is it possible to evaluate x^(2/3) for x<0?

  • nietzsche
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Why do I solve homework problems faster when typing them out on forums?

  • WiFO215
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Undergrad Canadian mathematicians model zombie attack

  • fourier jr
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High School Column cross-sectional area (cm2)

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