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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
High School How Much Does the Envelope Cost in the Riddle?
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Undergrad Questions about phi and infinity?
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High School Calculating Exterior Surface Area of Prism | Complex Maths
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Undergrad Solve Hard Logic: Who Knows Their Hat Color?
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High School What Are Other Types of Proportion Beyond Direct and Inverse?
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High School Brainteaser: Solve the Rope Puzzle with Matches!
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Graduate Video inside: could someone explain how this works?
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High School One Divided by Zero: What Is the Answer?
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Graduate What is the significance of the complex Fourier spectrum in signal processing?
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Graduate Fermat's Last Theorem is too Liberal
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Undergrad What is the Solution to the Equation (ArcSinx)^3+(ArcCosx)^3 = a?
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Undergrad Parabolas and hyperbolas - how do you find them?
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High School How do I simplify (x-5)+(x^2(x-5)) to (x^2+1)(x-5)?
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Graduate Sin^5(x)+Cos^5(x) Equation Solution for Mathematicians
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Graduate Minimizing Area Bound by Parabola and Normal Chord: Putnam 1951 A6
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Undergrad Need intro texts to Chaos theory
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Undergrad How Does Signal Speed Change with Movement in Parallel Paths?
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Undergrad Descriptive Geometry challenge
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High School Can you take an even root of a negative number?
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Undergrad Will the title of my major have any effect on graduate school?
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Graduate Sum-to-Product Identity for Multiple Cosine Functions
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High School Square Root of a Negative Number?
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Billions of Pounds in Lost Mathematicians
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Undergrad How Do You Creat A Moving Mental Image From An Equation?
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High School Ideas as how to improve your mental math?
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Undergrad Imaging mathematics fundamentals
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High School What is the length of a shadow at 8am?
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Graduate Extension of Fermat's theorem?
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Undergrad Trigonometric Functions And Identities
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Graph Paper Idea - Find a Solution for Math Homework
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Graduate Can induction prove that P(x) has a unique positive zero?
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High School What is the Flawed Proof That 1 Equals -1?
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Undergrad Perfect aide for calc 1,2 and 3 students
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High School What Does Multiplication Really Mean?
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Undergrad What Makes the Middle of the Drawbridge the Highlight of Your Commute?
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Graduate Can one divide a circle into 9 areas without the areas being equal?
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Undergrad Real World Applications of Imaginary Numbers
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Undergrad Chaos Theory & Aeronautics: Seeking Reference Material
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Graduate What is the optimal point to change strategies in a recreational math problem?
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Undergrad What did Kepler do for the field of mathematics?
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Graduate Find Fitting Function for Plot Without Data Points
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High School Solve Distance Problem: Red & Blue Car - Does My Method Work?
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Was Albert Einstein the Best Mathematician?
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Undergrad Triagulating radio frequencies
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High School Quick Help with Tangent Sum Formula: Solving for Tan 15 and Tan 30
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Undergrad Find a Recurrence Relation: Step-by-Step Guide
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Undergrad With math be the same everywhere?
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High School Trinomials that are set equal to zero
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High School What's the difference between combinatorial and combinatoric?
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Graduate Miserable Math Class, Finally Over
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Undergrad What is the rigorous proof for 1+1 = 2?
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Undergrad Rainbow table reduction function
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Graduate How Can I Prove that a_{n+1}>a_n for All n in a Tough Sequence?
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Undergrad Equation for sunrise/sunset times
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Undergrad How Do You Solve Gamma Functions Like \Gamma(5/4)?
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Undergrad Is there an algebraic explanation for the identity atan(a/b) + atan(b/a) = pi/2?
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High School Is There a Straightforward Proof for the Cosine Rule?
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Undergrad Given 3 points how to find the centre and radius of a circle in 3 D?
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High School Finding Coordinates of Partial Arc Radius Without Sine and Cosine Functions
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High School What Is the Use of Families of Straight Lines in Geometry?
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Undergrad Arithmetic mean always greater than geometric mean
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Undergrad Sector angle and segment area just given only 2 variables ?
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Undergrad How come some equations can't be solved for an exact answer?
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High School So, Math Prodigy - is it a natural talent or a taught skill?
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Undergrad SinA + sinB + sinC <= (3 x 3^0.5 )/2
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High School Graphing Inequalities in Geometer's Sketchpad
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Undergrad Is it 2nd order polynomials, or 2nd order quadratics?
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High School How do you translate word phrases into algebraic symbols?
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High School How did you learn the greek alphabet?
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Undergrad Trigonometric inverse functions
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High School I would love to hear your thoughts on this intriguing topic!
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Best way to start this problem guys?
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High School Calculating .001^100 on TI-83: Results & Accuracy
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Graduate Hm turning a sphere inside out what's the point?
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Undergrad Calculating Eccenticity of a Pair of Straight Lines
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Graduate Understanding the Identity Operator in 2-Qubit Quantum Systems
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Undergrad How Can I Solve This Illogical Math Problem on Boat Traveling and Crosscurrent?
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Anyone know what this is an image of?
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Undergrad What Is the Angle of the Pushed Back Face on a Parallelepiped?
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Graduate Controlled NOT Gate: Explained
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High School Odd Numbers Starting with Even Number ≤ 100,000
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Undergrad Elementary Algebra & Euclidean Geometry
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Undergrad Intersect of three sinusoidal functions
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High School What are the Funniest Proofs in Geometry?
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Turning a sphere inside out (video)
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Undergrad Resolving parallel and perpendicular to the plane
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Graduate Solving the NP-Completeness of Travelling Salesman Problem
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High School How to Make 50 Cents Using Only Four Coins?
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Undergrad How can one solve an equation with logarithms and powers of a base?
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Undergrad Distance between two points in polar coordinate system.
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Have RARE GRE Math SUBJECT Practice Tests?
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Undergrad How do you compute trig ratios for angles greater than 90 degrees?
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High School Geometry: Maximum or Minimum Perimeter?
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High School Iq 130+ simple but confusing brain teaser.
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High School What is the solution for √(4800)=√((80cos ̂)^2+(80sin ̂)^2)?
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High School Solve the Puzzle: Draw 4 Identical Shapes from a Square
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High School 4=3 True or False? Check it out and guess where's the mistake
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High School Factoring negative quantity from algebraic expression?
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High School Is 1 - .\overline{9} equal to .\overline{0}?
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Undergrad Finding the Origin: How Many Doublings Does It Take to Get from One to Many?
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