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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
Undergrad Linear programming -- Bland rule degeneracy
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MHB How many regions can be obtained by drawing two squares?
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Undergrad Map possible values of a set with a condition to the naturals
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Undergrad Calculating CPI Over Time: Multiplication or Other Methods?
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MHB Degree Measure of Central Angle
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MHB Round To Two Significant Digits
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MHB What is the nearest 10 mph to 684,288,000 pi miles per hour?
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MHB What is the Correct Value of r if 9!/(9-r)! = 840?
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MHB Is 106 = 9Cx correct for this combination problem?
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MHB Solving a Practice Exam Question: Arranging Letters in ROCKET
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MHB Max Area of Simple Quadrilateral w/ Sides $a$ & $b$: Justification
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MHB How many ways can you draw 3 of one suit and 2 of another suit?
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MHB Finding Unknown Side - Get Help Solving Now
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MHB What is the probability that one is hired and one is not?
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MHB Divide into 2 congruent pieces
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High School Calculate probability of getting 2 red balls
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MHB Find the infinite sum of fractions 2/(3⋅5)+(2⋅4)/(3⋅5⋅7)+(2⋅4⋅6)/(3⋅5⋅7⋅9)+....
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MHB Graphing Distance vs. Time for a Commuting Student's Forgotten Term Paper
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MHB IMO question’s solution: How can the answer be explained in a simple way?
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MHB Did I Calculate the Perimeter of A Sector Correctly?
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Graduate Binary fractal tree with equidistant leaves on a circle
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MHB Divide into 5 congruent pieces
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MHB Find s, the arc length of a circle
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MHB Prove the lim n→∞ (1^1+2^2+3^3+....+(n−1)^(n−1)+n^n)/(n^n)=1.
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MHB Find Constant % of Annual Salary to Reach Retirement Goal
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MHB What is the area of the quadrilateral?
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MHB Calculate third point from 2 points and an angle
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MHB How Do You Calculate Average Revenue Per Group?
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Undergrad What does the vertical line in this equation mean?
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Undergrad How to calculate the tractive effort of a train?
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Undergrad Find Lowest Rung to Drop Bottles & Prevent Breakage - Problem Solving
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MHB Odd Arrangement - Isolate the term "Ru" in V/(Vin*R)=(1/(R+Ru*k))-(1/(R+Ru))
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MHB Calculate the rotational frequency in r/s and the diameter of the drive pulley
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MHB Finding percentage required to break even
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MHB Find the antiderivative of V(2−x−x^2)/x^2
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Why mathematicians do not solve mathematical theories?
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High School Is the Explanation of Compactness in [0,1] and (0,1) Accurate?
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MHB Divisibility of Terms in an Arithmetic Series
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MHB Finding $\theta$ in a Geometric Diagram
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High School Can you please tell me the origin of this formula?
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MHB What is the name for the function in a series?
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MHB Induction Prove: Making Fractions 1/2 to 1
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MHB Which fractions can you make (with proof)?
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High School What Happens to 1D Dimensions When They Curl Up in Superstring Theory?
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MHB 9.25 a centrifuge takes up only 0.127 m of bench space
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MHB Show that sin10∘ is irrational number
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MHB About a variant of the Chinese Remainder Theorem
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Undergrad Defining Legendre polynomials in (1,2)
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High School What is the name of this triangular geometric shape?
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High School Super basic polynomial and exponent definition help
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MHB How to Calculate the Updated Salary Ratio in a Factory?
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MHB Why can't real numbers satisfy this absolute value equation?
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High School Why is it Important that something is a vector space?
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Undergrad Which x_0 to use in a Taylor series expansion?
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MHB How do I calculate the side of a rhombus using the bisector of an angle theorem?
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MHB Ice Skating Collision: Daniel & Rebecca
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Undergrad Is this a paradox on the number line
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MHB Surface of protein channel in membranes
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Undergrad Empirical equation from two variables (1 input and 1 output)
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Undergrad Correct notation for some functional expressions
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MHB What is the present age of the mother and son in this age problem?
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MHB How can we solve a radical equation without using a calculator?
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Undergrad Question about the Divisor Function/Sums and Project Euler
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MHB Evaluate the product of sines: sin1sin2sin3…sin89
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MHB How precise is (4/3)^4 compared to π?
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MHB Solving an Investment Word Problem
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MHB Can the Algebraic Expression $8-2\sqrt7$ be Simplified to a Perfect Square?
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MHB How many birds are at the top and bottom of the tree?
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High School Does changing the equation of a function require a new function name?
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High School Behavior of polynomial functions at their zeros
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MHB What is the difference between log and ln?
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MHB Exponential Equations solve 27^x=1/√3
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High School Fermat's Last Theorem; unacceptable proof, why?
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MHB [ASK] polynomial f(x) divided by (x - 1)
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Graduate Are There More Integer Solutions to a^3+b^3+c^3=d^3 Beyond 3^3+4^3+5^3=6^3?
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MHB Test whether the integer is a prime
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MHB Distributing returns to investors.
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MHB How Far is Point (b,0) from the Final Destination (10,0)?
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MHB Calculating Activation Rate of Customers within 3 Months Post-Purchase
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MHB Where is the Center of Mass of a Thin Plate with Given Boundaries?
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Undergrad Can Complex Equations Break the Bounds of the Unit Circle?
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MHB What is the Probability of Selecting at Least One Odd Numbered Ball?
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MHB Find Real Solutions to x4-2x3+kx2+px+36 = 0
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Undergrad Understanding Differentials (dx, dq, etc) in Physics Problems
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MHB What Is the Smallest Good Number for a Subset of Squares?
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MHB What is the relation between velocity and momentum in Hamiltonian mechanics?
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Undergrad Why do we need to use causality arguments in the Landau damping problem?
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MHB Stop Race Car in 1000 m with Parachute: Solve for Retarding Force
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MHB What is the Probability of Distances in an Equilateral Triangle?
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Undergrad Orthogonal 3D Basis Functions in Spherical Coordinates
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Undergrad What Lobachevski meant by parallel lines
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MHB [ASK] Induction Determine the value of n if 1 + 3 + 6 + .... + n(n - 1)/2 = 364
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MHB Looking for extremely patient somebody for help
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High School What do you enjoy/like about mathematics?
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MHB Cp2.27 How long is the ball in the air before it is caught
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MHB How far will the car travel in 10 seconds
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High School Can Infinity Be Considered Even?
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MHB Algorithm: maximize sum of increasing functions
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MHB Solve Odd Math Puzzle: a^2+b^2=k(ab+1)
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Undergrad Comparing two absolute value equations
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