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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
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MHB How do I solve sqrt(5x + 3) = -2?
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MHB Katresha Davis' Trig Questions: Distance, Altitude & Ratio
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MHB Why Do Vehicles Moving North-South Have East-West Velocity Components?
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Undergrad Light's intensity increases by the square?
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Definition of "And" & "Or" | Thank You
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MHB Compare P and Q: $a, b, c, d, m, n > 0$
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Undergrad Counter-intuitive statistics puzzles
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MHB Solve Polynomial Challenge: Prove $(x-1)(x-2)(x-3)(x-4)(x-5)(x-6)=720$
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MHB When 0.123....495051/0.515049....321
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MHB What is the real root of x^5+5x^3+5x-1?
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Undergrad Question regarding inverse functions
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Undergrad Mathematical Applications in Retail Operations
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Undergrad Prime numbers from infinite prime number proof
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MHB Find $\theta$ for Trig Function 33: No Calculator
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High School How did Eratosthenes measure the earth's circumference
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MHB Boost Your 3rd Grader's Learning with Easy to Follow Tips - 3rd Grade Help
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High School How can I use mathematical symbols to indicate if a number is an integer or not?
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High School Surface Area of Cube & Inscribed Sphere
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Graduate Challenge XI: Harmonic Numbers
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MHB Trigonometric Ratios: Explaining Angle $\theta$
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High School Can Enhancing Thinking Skills Boost Problem-Solving Abilities?
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High School Proving Congruence of Geometric Figures with Superposition
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Undergrad General Simplification of (1+x)/(1-x)
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MHB What exactly do you call Real Analysis?
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MHB Cfm4life's questions at Yahoo Answers regarding surface areas of solids
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MHB Prove: One of $a, b$ or $c$ is Sum of Other Two
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MHB How to Calculate the Values of Other Trigonometric Functions Using Given Values?
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MHB Is a number member of sequence?
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MHB IBV4 Quadrilateral OABC: O(0, 0), A(5, 1), B(10, 5), C(2, 7)
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MHB Roots of polynomial equations ( Substitution )
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MHB Solving the Domain: sqrt(x^2+y^2-1)>0 and 1<= x^2+y^2 <=20
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MHB Matt's Trig Problems - Applying De Moivre's Thm
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MHB Solving the Equation: $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}=\frac{1}{n}$
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MHB Finding Angle ACB in Triangle ABC
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MHB How Does Modular Arithmetic Prove the Irrationality of Root 3?
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Graduate Physics Challenge II: Bouncing out of the atmosphere
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MHB Is \( n \) Equal to 23 in the Given Trigonometric Product Equation?
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Graduate Physics Challenge I: The Raindrop solved by mfb and voko
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MHB How to Solve a Geometric Sequence with Given Differences?
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MHB Find the Range of Values for Negative a
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High School How to draw the function x+5<7
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MHB Solve Financial Equation: (2,3) & (3,1) = (1,4)
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MHB Are my answers correct? Quadratic and logarithmic modeling
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MHB Finding Maximum Value of $e$ in $a,b,c,d,e \in R$
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MHB Trigonometry problem-belt driven pulley
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Undergrad Applications Diophantine Equations
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MHB What Does PB Refer to in Measurements?
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High School Transforming statements into equations help
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Undergrad Misunderstanding part of pascals identity algebraic proof
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Undergrad Constant Speed Motion on Elliptical Path
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This is a longshot but Mark from the website markknowsnothing.com?
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MHB What is the AM-GM Inequality Used For?
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MHB Distance Traveled by Clock Hour Hand in 1hr 20min
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High School Can you distribute logarithms?
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MHB O=(0,0,0) a=(1,-2,3) b=(-3,4,2)
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MHB Find x for Geometric Progression: Solve with Step-by-Step Explanation
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MHB Find the Minimum Value of |x|-|y|
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MHB Find Where Two Tangent Lines Intersect on a Circle | Math Help
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MHB Did I Correctly Complete the Tree Diagram?
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Undergrad Mortgage Calculation Differences?
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High School What does the minus sign as a affix mean?
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MHB Prove the Following Mathematic Form
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Undergrad University math vs school board math?
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Undergrad Three equations and three unknowns: fitting a function.
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Undergrad A geometric sequence within a arithmetic sequence
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High School Tryimg to understand this logarithmic identity
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High School Are logarithms only non-negative?
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Undergrad Finding out which prime factors a integer is made up by
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Undergrad Are there any almost irrational numbers that have deceived mathematicians?
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High School Is There a Mathematical Link Between These Equations?
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Graduate Trying to do a non-rigorous direct proof
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High School Determine if the next number will be larger or smaller
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Graduate Irrational numbers could they be more
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Graduate Hailstone sequence, is it possible to reach 2n starting from n?
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Undergrad Multiplying any integer with any prime
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Undergrad How smart were mathematicians in high school?
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Graduate Projection of a point on the plane defined by 3 other points.
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Graduate Method for proving the collatz conjecture, would this work?
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Undergrad Euclid's proof of infinitude of primes
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MHB Why Is the Distributive Property Key in Simplifying Algebraic Expressions?
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MHB How Do Properties of Real Numbers Simplify Basic Arithmetic Operations?
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MHB Roots of polynomial equations 4
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Graduate Challenge VI: 15 Puzzle solved by Boorglar and mfb
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Graduate Challenge VII: A bit of number theory solved by Boorglar
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MHB Compositions and inverse of of functions
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High School Having difficulty understanding radicals
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High School Fun base 10 application (Grocery Woes)
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MHB Application of quadratic function in kinematics
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MHB Solving an absolute value equation and the defference between two quadratics
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MHB Applying the laws of exponents
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MHB Expressing a number in scientific notation and factoring a cubic
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MHB Roots of polynomial equations 3
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MHB Are these lines parallel, perpendicular, or neither?
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