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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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Undergrad Can a 6th degree equation be solved by hand without a CAS?
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Undergrad Question about magnitude positive y direction
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High School Domain and range of composite functions?
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MHB Determine equation of line described. put in slope intercept form if possible
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MHB Evaluating $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2$ for Different Equations
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MHB Multiplying Radicals: Where Is My Mistake?
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Prime Number Spiral | Maverick Experiments
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MHB Simplify a trigonometric expression
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MHB Determining one to one and finding formula for inverse help needed
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Undergrad This is the question that we will explore in this webpage.
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Undergrad Unit vector of a line in straight line equation
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MHB Reviewing Phasors: When to Add +/- 180 in $\tan^{-1}$?
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Graduate What makes these initial functions so special?
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MHB Calculating Amount Financed with Dealer Fee and Down Payment
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MHB Prove: $\sin P+\sin Q> \cos P+\cos Q +\cos R$ | Trig Challenge
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MHB Prove $40ac<1$ Given $a, b, c$ Real Positive Numbers
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Undergrad Why is the squared meters negative?
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Graduate What is the problem with the argument for the diagonal length of a square?
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High School Understanding Lower Level Math
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MHB Calculating Your Average Tax Refund: Tips for Filing Your Taxes in 2021
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MHB Euler-pi Discovery: AMS News Item #3
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MHB Find the Optimal Starting Time for a Tied Race in Physics Kinematics
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Graduate Square of x , added to one is not equal to n
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Undergrad Minimal Triplet: Definition and Calculation
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High School Solving an irrational equation
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High School Understanding Surface Area: Foldings, Invaginations, Roughness & Powder
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Undergrad Euler and the youth of mathematicians
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MHB An intriguing system of equation
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Graduate Most general order-preserving function
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High School Simple Pythagorean Theorem Proof Explored
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Undergrad Finding inverses in modular arithmetic
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MHB Solve a Circle - Jose Needs Help!
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Undergrad Between -180 and 180 degrees (convert a larger angle)
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Graduate Can the Intersection of Two Lines Prove the Existence of a Plane?
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Undergrad Where on Earth (75% of the time in the dark)
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High School How old is i? (Imaginary number)
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MHB Prove Inequality for $0<x<\dfrac{\pi}{2}$: Math Challenge
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MHB Finding this recurrence relation for stuck-together right-angle triangles
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Colbert Interview with mathematician Edward Frenkel
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High School How can you measure 4 litres with two buckets and a tap?
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MHB Prove $|P(a)-P(b)|<\dfrac{1}{2}$ for Algebra Challenge Function $P$
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High School Teacher told to set absolute value inequality to equal 0
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Undergrad Binomial Theorem: 11 Terms Explained
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MHB Find Point in R2: $a(-5,2),b(12,9)$
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Undergrad A picture, a plane and the flat terrain. Please explain.
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Graduate Angle/Coordinate Calculation for two "Pulley" System
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Undergrad X = p * y. Find x, y when both are as close to 1 as possible
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Undergrad How Many Lines Do I Need to Draw to Maximize the Internal Surface of a Cylinder?
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Undergrad Solve Inequality x+3^x<4 | Logical & Analytic Ways
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Graduate Irrational numbers and Planck's constant
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Printing 1 Million Digits of Pi: 1 Mile of Paper!
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MHB What Time Do the Bus and Truck Meet?
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MHB How Does Angular Velocity Affect a Block on a Rotating Wedge?
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Will You Celebrate the Ultimate Pi Moment Tomorrow?
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MHB Can the Inequality $x,y,z>1$ be Proven with a Hint of 48?
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MHB What Time Does Bill Catch Up with Mike?
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MHB Calculating the Payout Ratio: How Investors Value Alibaba's IPO
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Undergrad Is profit/loss% always wrt price
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Undergrad Do Complex Objects Have Equations?
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Undergrad How do I represent this sine function?
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Undergrad How are Equations for Different Series Generated?
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Undergrad Do you translate mathematics or understand it natively?
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MHB Find closed form expression for a given sum
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MHB How Do I Identify the Net of a Cube?
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Graduate Finite solutions of Brocard’s problem
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MHB Solve Trigonometric Sum: Find S Value
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Undergrad How Many Steps Are Visible on the Escalator When It's Shut Down?
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MHB Prove Geometry Challenge: Cyclic Quadrilateral PQRS
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High School How to tell if a triangle has two solutions?
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MHB What does this sum symbol mean?
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Undergrad Inequality X^n<Y^n if x<y and n is odd
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High School Point of contact of circle an tangent
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Undergrad What Is the Smallest Integer c for LCM(a, b, c) to Equal L?
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MHB Calculating the length of an arc inside a circle
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MHB How to Write a Quadratic Equation Given Its Roots?
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Graduate Proving ∑mk=1k2=1/6(323+3m2+m) by Induction
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High School Distance Function without Weighing Current Rules of Mathematics
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Graduate Proving ζ(-1)=-1/12 for Mathematicians
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MHB Proving Orthocenter Property of Triangle ABC
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Graduate Why are Ramanujan sums the same as the complex Zeta values?
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MHB This is the formula for finding the area of a circle, where r is the radius.
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Graduate Prime Numbers as Ortho-normal basis for all numbers
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High School Does the human calculator stuff really work?
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MHB Solving $x^3+y^3+z^3=(x+y+z)^2$ with Positive Integers
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High School Can We Change the Origin in the xy Plane?
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MHB Area Problem - Find the Answer | Susanto
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Undergrad What does the 'h' in the hyperbola equation mean?
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High School Final answer must be a whole number.
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Undergrad Does every curve have a function?
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MHB Find Sum of 4 Different Natural Numbers with $(7-m)(7-n)(7-p)(7-q)=4$
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High School X > 0, but why doesn't 1/x > 0?
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High School Finding a part of an angle with two triangles
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MHB Proving $2^{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\dots+\frac{1}{n}}<n$ for All $n\ge 2$
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MHB Op-Amps Circuits: Explaining Prof's Method
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MHB Smallest Number in Set A and Proving It Is Not the Only Member
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Undergrad Help with distance running formula
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Graduate Simple Riemann zeta function algebra help
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MHB P is the sum of 2 consecutive squares
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