General Math Forum

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Solve Factoring Problem: (x+y)^2+2(X+Y)+1

  • caligari
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Undergrad Rotating Wheels and Point Line-up

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How Do You Solve a Triangle Problem on a Number Plane?

  • ArchieK
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Undergrad Parametric equations questions

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Is there a correct way to include dimensions in economics equations?

  • alexmahone
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Find the ratio AB:BC:CD

  • Albert1
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Solving the system 1/x + 1/(y+z) = 1/3 and two similar equations

  • Albert1
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High School How much oil for a 16 oz leaf blower tank at 40:1 ratio?

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High School What is the unit conversion for 28.8 Volts/(Meter/Second)?

  • led20
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Undergrad Exponential of a large negative number

  • Aadrych
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Undergrad Perceived Shape of the Earth's Horizon

  • insightful
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What Are the Properties of Concave/Convex Spherical Mirrors?

  • mglander
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Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire in unit-vector notation

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Simplify $A$: Multiply Fractions

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Undergrad Fermat's last theorem and Fermat's lost proof

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How Does the Phase Difference at Detector D Arise from Sources A and B?

  • pkielkowski
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Undergrad Is Pi Interpreted Differently in Circle Area Calculation and Angle Measure?

  • Adel Makram
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Help with solving root of equation question 1a

  • wonguyen1995
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High School What is the meaning of a null vector in physics?

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Calculating Travel Time for Light in an Optical Fiber

  • chrisliu1234
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Trigonometry challenge - cosine product

  • Greg
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Undergrad Can Rational Numbers Fully Represent Pi?

  • Premanand
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Interference in a Double-Slit Experiment

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Graduate Is Math a Science? Philosophers' Refutation Criterion

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Finding $n$: $\sqrt {n+16}\,\, and\,\, \sqrt {16n+1} \in N$

  • Albert1
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Undergrad Were you taught square root extraction at school?

  • epenguin
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I understanding log/exponents

  • micheal1
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Undergrad To circumscribe a square about a given circle

  • astrololo
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Physics: Images through Thin Lenses

  • JCUghetta
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Undergrad The Practical Usages of Finding the Inverse of a Function

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High School Finding all sign combinations of a 3D point (x,y,z)

  • Rosebud
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How do you derive y from coth(y) = x?

  • ognik
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Graduate Hermite Polynomials: What Are the Initial Values?

  • cpsinkule
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Max and min of n/f(n) where f(n) is digit sum

  • Albert1
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Undergrad Exact number of possible chess games

  • MathJakob
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Graduate Can exponential functions prove P≠NP?

  • Adel Makram
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How Does Snell's Law Predict Light Behavior Across Multiple Layers?

  • connormcole
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Graduate Irrational Roots Theorems for Polynomial Functions

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High School Is the sine function defined at pi/2?

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Maxwell's equations for displacement current

  • madggmiller
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Graduate Direct product representation of a function?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Undergrad How can I convert directly between two non-power-of-ten bases?

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High School Log(x) do you assume base 10 or base e?

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Graduate Existence of point(s) within k distance of other fixed points

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Undergrad Circle w/ circumference equals to that of an ellipse

  • Francis Ocoma
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Graduate Optimizing binary ruler markings for distance measurement

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How do you find the direction of a displacement current?

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Can We Construct a Triangle with Given Lengths and Find Its Area?

  • Albert1
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Integer S most close to A and less than A

  • Albert1
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High School Shoudn't the fraction -2/-1 be less than one?

  • kay
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Undergrad Equal sign or approximation sign?

  • shuxue
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Graduate Adding increasing fractions without averaging numerators

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Man's Age Now: Find Out His Digit Sum Born Year

  • Albert1
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Undergrad Determaning a function from a progression?

  • christian0710
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The numbers of non-primes in S

  • Albert1
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Finding A = (1−1/(1+2))×(1−1/(1+2+3))×...×(1−1/(1+2+...+2013))

  • Albert1
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Prove Identity: (1+sin(x))/(1-sin(x))=2tan^2(x)+1+2tan(x)sec(x)

  • Sean1
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Finding whole number values for A, B, C in two simultaneous equations

  • Rob Murphy
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Drawing Elliptic Abacus with pgfplots and tikz

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Undergrad Can similar but unequal circle segments be constructed on the same line?

  • astrololo
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Undergrad Why the inductive step in mathematical induction isn't just manipulation of equals

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Undergrad Euclid's elements book 3 proposition 20

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Graduate Applying Osborn's Rule to Odd/Even Products of Hyperbolic Sines

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Undergrad Understanding Perpendicularity in a Plane

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Graduate Horn angles and Euclid's elements

  • astrololo
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Graduate Euclid's elements proposition 15 book 3

  • astrololo
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High School Why does flipping the order of numbers in a basic percent problem work?

  • starrynight108
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How to find the answer sin 120.

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Undergrad What are the mathematical rules for adding consecutive numbers and squares?

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Can you prove the trigonometry challenge with angles of a triangle?

  • anemone
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Solve Equation: $1-2a+2a^2+2a^3+a^4$

  • anemone
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Graduate Volume of a tetraedron in function of the areas

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Can Kolya Win at the Stone Pile Game?

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Undergrad Does math get more interesting after Calc II?

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Graduate Volume of a tetrahedron regular

  • Bruno Tolentino
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Geometric Shapes in Everyday Life

  • teachmathfree
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High School Is Euclid's Elements Effective for Honors Geometry?

  • mrg
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Undergrad Is a Very Large Number the Same as Infinity?

  • Md. Abde Mannaf
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Undergrad What Fourier transform be called? Correlation or convolution?

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Undergrad How does the cost of debt formula account for tax deductions?

  • Square1
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High School Why Does a Function Have Unique X-Coordinates?

  • Gurasees
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Calculating RSA Signature at Message m=2 w/o Hash Function

  • mathmari
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Undergrad Formulae for calculating the area of a quadrilateral non-cyclic

  • Bruno Tolentino
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High School How to present fractions of a percent to a layman

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Graduate Discrete Fourier Transform of Sine Function

  • DuncanM
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Graduate In(x) Closed Form Formula: Does It Exist?

  • Topolfractal
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Is ElGamal Signature Scheme Secure Without Using a Hash Function?

  • mathmari
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How can we find the private key?

  • mathmari
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Mechanics work-energy question

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Undergrad Solving a system with 4 unknowns and 2 equations for poker chip distribution

  • whdahl
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Inequality Challenge: Prove $1/(u-1)+1/(v-1)+1/(x-1)+1/(y-1)>0$

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