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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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Undergrad What is the Best Strategy for the 100 Prisoner Problem?
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Undergrad Calculating Collection Rate Error in Labs
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Undergrad Rotation of a vector along two axes (of which one is angle-dependent)
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MHB Vertical Dist. Origin to (8,1): 8 units
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MHB What is the area of square ABCD with OQ = OF = 6?
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Undergrad Arithmetic representation of symbols according to certain rules
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Undergrad Interesting angles between 10~~25º ?
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Undergrad Leading digits of incomputable large numbers
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Undergrad Is it valid to express a complex number as a vector?
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Calculating a "fixed profit" on inventory
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High School What function satisfies this table?
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Undergrad Area of a Circle: Solving the Equation
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High School How to merge the sum and ##x^n##?
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Undergrad Analytic Solution to ##x^{\alpha} +x =1##?
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MHB Math Help: Understand How to Compute $F_{X_1}(x)$
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MHB Erika's Equations | Math Solutions & Help
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Undergrad Best way to fit three functions
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High School Notation for a "scalar absolute field"?
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High School Is the Geometry/Topology of Mazes a thing?
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MHB Projectiles Problem: Time to Hit Ground from 45m
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Graduate I think I discovered a pattern for prime numbers
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High School Can an Object with N Dimensions Exist in N-1 Dimensions?
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Undergrad Linear independence of three vectors
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High School What the result of null added to itself?
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MHB Could use some help for this statistics/math problem
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Undergrad Shapiro-Wilks test and the order statistic
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MHB Did I Calculate My Funds Distribution Correctly?
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Preservation of the angle between two vectors
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MHB How should I interpret a formula without brackets?
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MHB Could use some help for this statistics/math problem
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MHB Calculating Acceleration on the Surface of Venus
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MHB Can you factor the following two polynomials?
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MHB How Does Subtracting Negative Numbers Relate to Adding?
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Insights The History and Importance of the Riemann Hypothesis
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Undergrad Proving Goldbach's Conjecture for Math Proofs
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MHB Euclidean Geometry - Demonstration Exercise
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MHB Calculating Equity in Company A: 1.2% for $600,000.00
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Undergrad Proof of Differences of Odd Powers
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MHB Rate problem....Am I in the right direction
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High School Difference between like powers proof
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High School How Do You Calculate the 12th Root of x to the Fourth Power?
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MHB Simple Distance, Rate, Time Problem
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High School Is ##\sum^n_{k=0} 2k+1 = n^2## useful? Has it been found already?
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Undergrad Calculus of Variations on Kullback-Liebler Divergence
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Graduate Why don't we multiply generalized functions?
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Graduate Prime Number Powers of Integers and Fermat's Last Theorem
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Undergrad Please discuss discrete Fourier analysis
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MHB Expert Assistance for Question 2b | Get Help with Your Query
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Undergrad Different norms and how L1 leads to the sparsest solution
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High School Compound Angle Formula: Solving Double Angle Equations
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MHB Calculate Data Points to Match Given Totals
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Undergrad Label propagation equation: what are the terms?
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MHB Solving the Slant Asymptote of $$\frac{{x}^{3}-5{x}^{2}+4x}{-4{x}^{2}+36}$$
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Undergrad What are the Eigenvalues of the Hermitian Inverse \(H^{-1}\)?
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MHB 07 division by doubling method
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MHB How can self-studying be an effective alternative to college education?
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MHB 2-3 How much longer does it take?
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MHB Does Commutativity Hold for Matrices A and B with a Specific Matrix C?
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MHB Comparing Pump to Dishwasher Intensity: 10x Difference
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MHB 13.3.2 What is the 50th term of the sequence
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MHB How Do Ace Distributions Affect Probabilities in a Bridge Game?
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Undergrad Polygon Coordinates given the Area and Center point
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MHB Help with how to do this equation
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MHB What is the Value of N in the Equation N + S(N) = 2000?
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MHB How to Convert Miles to Kilometers with a Conversion Chain
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Undergrad Is the equation 0!=1 based on flawed reasoning?
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MHB Mechanics- connected particles
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Insights The Extended Riemann Hypothesis and Ramanujan’s Sum
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High School Monty Hall Paradox: Why Does It Matter What Host Knows?
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High School What is this part of a graph on the axis called?
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MHB Can you prove the following two difficult trigonometric identities?
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High School Looking for free graphing calculator for two-variable inequality
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MHB Calculate Simple Interest: 22K/yr, n=44, r=0.5
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MHB Formula to find arc radius using arc length, chord length, and/or segment angle
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High School Is it possible to find the integral of ##f(x)/x^2##?
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High School Quadratic with simple meaningful intuitive constants
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MHB Please, I fast. I'm totally lost....
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MHB How Many Unique Chocolate Combinations Can You Create?
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High School Documentary on the International Math Olympiad
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Graduate Measure of non-periodicity of almost periodic functions
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MHB 3-42 Where on ground (relative to position of the helicopter
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MHB 51 How far will the car travel in 10 sec
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MHB Recreational Number Theory, Unsolved Problem
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Undergrad Needing Direction: Showing Progress Over Time with Small Numbers
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High School Flattening Object with Computational Geometry
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MHB Pb.20 What is the probability that Hiroko....will be chosen
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MHB How do I find the average of two averages?
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MHB Sampling Distribution of the Sample Means from an Infinite Population
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MHB What is the Solution for $5^x+2=12$?
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MHB Work energy principle and power
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MHB Balancing Weight on an 8m Pole: Find the Solution
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Undergrad Finding a general formula for a recursive sequence
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High School What is the focus and parameter of a parabola with vertex off the origin?
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Undergrad Defining a transcendental number and countability
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High School Just for fun: Cubic Graph Plot
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MHB What is the measure of angle KPM?
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