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High School Math Project Help: Year 8 Student Needs Advice
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Does anybody watch the tv show Numb3rs?
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Undergrad Problems with parallel vectors
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Undergrad Is DES Still Relevant in Modern Cryptography?
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High School How Can I Understand Multiplication in Mathematical Literacy?
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High School New Math Hobbyist needs help with direction
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Undergrad Calculating Bending Moment of a Steel Tube
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High School I seriously in this functions question Chop chop
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Graduate Volumes in the 4th spatial dimension
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Marks/Symbols at the end of solutions
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Undergrad Calculating Catch-Up Time: Solving for T in a Bus Chase Scenario
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Undergrad Finding Sum/Diff. Formulas: Quadratic to Higher Exponents
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High School Understanding Positive and Negative Numbers: Proving Properties and Applications
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High School Find the rest of this brain teaser sequence
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High School Are There More Interesting Numbers Like This?
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Undergrad Finding Rational Numbers Satisfying a Quadratic Equation
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Undergrad Proving the Existence of Infinite Functions from One Domain to Another
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High School What makes 1-1 mappings special and why do we use them in mapping and functions?
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Undergrad Find the Measure of Angles A & C in Triangle ABC
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High School Brain Teaser: How Many Hands Did Mrs. Smith Shake?
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High School Plane inclined mechanics physics problem
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Undergrad What is the value of angle z in triangle ABC if y = 1/3x?
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High School Help with Solving 1 + (root3+1)^2/root3+1
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Graduate Has anyone else read Bourbaki?
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High School Solving the Puzzle: Calculating a Car's Speed
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High School Calculating values of trig functions
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High School Is 760 mm Hg equal to 1 atm in pascals?
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Undergrad What's the solution of Cubic and biquadratic polynomial?
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Graduate AIME Questions (I have to make USAMO)
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Undergrad Solve Exponential Function x for y: x = (e^y-e^{-y})/2
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Undergrad When you punch in log on your calculator
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Solve for x HW Problem | Get Quick Help with This Tricky Equation
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High School Math Help: Websites with Symbols & Terms Explained
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Graduate How can you maintain interest in math?
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Undergrad Graphing Trigonometric Functions Question
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Undergrad Where Can I Find Wiles' Proof on FLT?
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Undergrad What is Chaos Theory and Does it Explain Predicting the Future?
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High School Troubles with some math Translations
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Test Your Math Skills: 50/50 Guess Game
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Unjust Midterm Pass: No Math Class in 3 Weeks
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Graduate Prove Irreducibility of (21n+4)/(14n+3) for n ∈ N
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Sin and Cos in a Trigonometric Equation
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High School Calculus Videos: Reviews & Comparison to College Lectures
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Undergrad What is high powered geometry?
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1, 11, 21, 1211, ... What comes next?
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Undergrad What Is P and NP? - Explained by Viet Dao
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Graduate Exploring Unsolved Math Problems: A List of Sites and Historical Insights
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Undergrad Converting line slopes to angles
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Somewhere to publish your ideas ?
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High School Solve Algebra: 16+(y-6)^2=9+(y-5)^2
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How do you pronounce these people's names?
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Undergrad Solving a Difficult Math Problem with Two Circles and Their Locus
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High School How can I simplify this fraction: (x+2)/(x-1) * (4x+1)/(x-1)?
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High School What Were the Individual Costs of the Three Items at 7-11?
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Undergrad Counting Shortest Paths in a Square Grid
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Undergrad What is the maximum number of bags that can be identified with 3 weighings?
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Can Mathtype Create All Types of Math Symbols and Signs?
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High School When find LCD for a rational expressions.
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High School Radical/Fraction question correct?
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High School Can you solve for x in this equation?
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High School Distributive property-Subtraction
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Undergrad Solve Trig Eqn: Find & Combine 2 Solutions for x
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High School Can You Solve This Challenging Exponential Equation?
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Where can I find a comprehensive list of equations?
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Graduate Proving that a+b+c+d is a Multiple of 4 Given (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)-4 = 0
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Undergrad Prove tthat tan 50 * tan 60 * tan 70 = tan 80
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Undergrad How Do You Solve These Trigonometric Contest Questions?
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High School Physics teacher has posted log questions
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High School Solve x^3 -x -x^3=0 Puzzle: Is x=0 the Answer?
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Undergrad Solving Linear Combinations of Positive Stamp Values
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Graduate Proving the Locus of a Moving Point is an Ellipse: Coordinate Geometry Problem
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Undergrad Solve the Brain Teasers: Find the Broken Machine
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Undergrad What are some good math books for beginners?
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High School Is -4 multiplied by -4 equal to 16?
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High School What's the Next Number in the Series: 32, 81, 64, 25?
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High School How Can You Quickly Simplify (x+a)^2 * (x-a)^2 to (x^2-a^2)^2?
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Undergrad Science fair questions related to Brownian Motion and Black Scholes Equation?
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High School Solving Systems of Equations: Definitions and Examples
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Undergrad Can a cat ever catch a mouse in a circular maze?
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Graduate Root3: Rewrite & Produce Non-trivial Equation + Show Irrationality
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High School Can the TI-83 match the solving abilities of the TI-89?
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High School Have neglected math my whole life
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High School What Does Almost Infinity Really Mean?
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Undergrad Fermat's Theorem: A Math Problem and the Smart Boy Who Proved It Wrong
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Graduate Applied Math: A Math Major's Struggle with a New Course
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Undergrad Discrete maths problem-counting
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High School Is math a good thing to study? is it broad?
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Undergrad Why is e^(pi.i) equal to -1?
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Undergrad Number of Paths from (1,1) to (10,10) in 10x10 Grid
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Undergrad Trigonometry Preparing for math contest; Please help
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Undergrad Do I need to study trigonometry before calculus?
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High School How to Find the Radius of a Sphere Using Equations?
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Undergrad How do I find the angle from an involute in Excel?
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High School Exponents Notation: Multiplying, Dividing, & Parentheses
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High School Simplifying radicals containing polynomial fractions
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High School Trigonometry Puzzle: Solving the Challenging Image Puzzle on Etienne.nu
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News Prominent Statisticians Refute 2004 Exit Poll "Explanation
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High School Solving x+x^1/2 = 6 - Can You Help?
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High School How do i move get rid of a fraction like this?
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High School A Simple Problem that seems to elude me
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