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Undergrad Sum of an Alternating Series
MHB Julia's question at Yahoo Answers regarding a linear recurrence
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MHB Cost per Pound of Coffee Beans
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High School Learning and understanding Maths
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High School If both sides of an equation are undefined does that mean its true?
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Most Commonly Mispronounced Mathematicians
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Undergrad Signed up for calculus - too advanced for me
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MHB Binomial theorem (Milind Charakborty's question at Yahoo Answers)
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MHB What is the Value of f(2009) in the Given Recursive Sequence?
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MHB Polo's question at Yahoo Answers regarding making a perfect square trinomial
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Mathematicians and physicists, do you get intimidated by equations?
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High School Discovering the Name and Meaning of a Classic Geometry Diagram [Broken]
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Graduate Any one interesed in tasking on a formula for the volume of a sphere.
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Undergrad Help We have forgotten how to write math stuff
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MHB How Do You Calculate Profit from Selling Oranges by the Box?
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High School Logarithms and what they are for.
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Graduate Moviegoers' Club: Largest Number of Common Favorite Movies
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MHB Breaking news about twin prime conjecture.
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MHB I need to review modulus function
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MHB Cardano's method of solving cubics
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MHB Serina's questions at Yahoo Answers regarding sigma notation
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MHB Glad to hear that the answer is correct! You are welcome, happy to help.
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Undergrad Mathematics of producer surplus wrong?
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Graduate Why are some coefficients negative when expanding a function in Legendre?
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MHB How Do You Master Plotting and Sketching Sine Functions?
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High School What Is The Root of 5? Irrational
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MHB Understanding Squaring the Bottom of an Equation
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MHB Chloe's question at Yahoo Answers involving the angle sum identity for cosine
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MHB Statement "f(x) is just a fancy way of writing y" factually incorrect?
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MHB Can a^3+b^3+c^3 Equal d^3+e^3 Given Specific Conditions?
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Graduate Summation of product identities
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Undergrad Real-World question i can't get my head around.
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Graduate Indices Notation: Equivalent Notation to Sigma & Pi
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MHB Is f(x) Its Own Inverse for Any Value of a?
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Graduate The reverse operation for the dot product?
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MHB Kyra's question at Yahoo Answers regarding linear difference equations
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High School Questions on Values of Exp, Ln, Sin & Cos
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Graduate A Historical Look at Analytic Geometry
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Why are some equations considered beautiful in mathematics?
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High School How To Find This Quadratic Function?
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MHB Find the smallest possible value of abc + def + ghi
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Skills/attributes of a mathematician/physicist/programmer etc
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High School Water Ball with Sun's Mass - It's Diameter?
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MHB Videos from a high school maths teacher
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High School Why is this happening? (simple)
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MHB Show that p² + p - 6 is equal to q or r.
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MHB What is the Area of the Shaded Region in Trigonometry Problem?
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Graduate Which Asymptotic Equation is More Accurate for Large Values of Rho?
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Undergrad You can't do operations on infinity
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MHB Given value of cos(A) and quadrant of A, find sin(A) and tan(A)
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MHB Evaluate 19q + 99p: 2x^3-8x^2+9x+p=0
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Undergrad What is the Conceptual meaning of Euler's number 'e'?
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Boy's Surprise at Seeing Math with Letters on Train
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Undergrad Couldn't find a simple way to do it
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MHB How Do I Simplify Fractions Using Surds in the Summation Formula?
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High School Those With Science Backgrounds Are Good Spellers
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MHB Rudra Rath's question at Yahoo Answers involving an arithmetic series
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MHB Fraction between 96/35 & 97/36 with minimum denominator
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MHB What are the Values of M for a Polynomial with Roots in Geometric Progression?
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Undergrad Looking for a math study/project-mate
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Undergrad Seeking a Constructivist Geometry Textbook for Preservice Teachers
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MHB Calculating Annual Saving: Word Problem
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MHB Polynomials and Numerical Analysis
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MHB What is the geometric basis of the method of false position (Regula Falsi)?
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MHB Determine the value of A1 - A2 + A3 - A4
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Undergrad Solving the 8 Pawns Puzzle on an 8x8 Chess Board
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Undergrad How to find an equation with multiple x,y coordinates
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Graduate Trigonometric identity from Euler's intro to analysis of infinite
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Graduate What inspired mathematicians invent imaginary numbers?
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MHB Is (p-1)C(a) congruent to (-1)^a mod(p)?
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Undergrad What is the Most Common IQ? Investigating the Bell Curve and IQ Distribution
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MHB How Do You Calculate the Angle Between Two Lines?
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MHB What are some common traps to watch out for in word problems?
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Undergrad Can Car A Catch Up to Car B on the Highway?
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MHB Triangle two column proof question
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Undergrad Prove Induction: (1+2+4+...+2^n)+1=2^(n+1)
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MHB Find the constants given the domain and range
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MHB Determine all real x for a given radical equation.
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MHB Sundar Pangeni's question at Yahoo Answers regarding arithmetic progressions
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MHB Earth Rope Challenge: 6m Longer - How High?
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MHB Does the Equation \( y^2 = x^3 - x + 5 \) Have Integer Solutions?
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Undergrad Why aren't these functions the same?
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MHB Why Does Only n=4 Satisfy the Equation g(n)=n-2 in Euler's Totient Function?
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MHB Solution needed for 7x7 Matrix/Sudoku (with additional restriction rules)
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MHB MHB Simplify Fraction: 196707/250971
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Graduate Functions for which f(nx) is a polynomial of f(x).
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MHB Are there infinitely many primes that satisfy $p=3$ mod4 and divide $x^2+2$?
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MHB Lost in Exponential Equations? Need Help Solving for n?
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Undergrad Discarding some quadratic roots - ok?
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MHB Simplify Multiplication of Fractions
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MHB Eaglesfan1717's question at Yahoo Answers regarding a trigonometric equation
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MHB Solving Higher Degree Polynomial For Real Solution(s).
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Graduate Fourier Transforms - what's the constant?
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Undergrad Sum to Product Trigonometric identity does not work
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Undergrad Vectors delta velocity calculations
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Undergrad How Can You Calculate 'c' for Given 'n' in This Number Series?
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MHB Can a Primitive Root of p Also Be a Primitive Root of p^2?
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MHB What is the Sum of Factorials for a Specific Equation?
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MHB Find all positive integers......
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MHB Evaluate Trigonometric Expression.
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