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Calculating the Length of BC: A Geometric Exploration
- Albert1
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Undergrad Is the Equation x^{a^b} = (x^{a^{b-1}})^a True for All Natural Numbers?
- notnottrue
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High School My interests and skills do not coincide
- CALoudermilk
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Undergrad What is the point of studying maths at a very high level?
- VertexOperator
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High School Properties of absolute values
- eljota38
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Undergrad How can I rotate a coordinate system and write functions in the rotated system?
- Gackhammer
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Undergrad Issue with understanding aspects of moments
- Dongorgon
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Find the 100th term of a given sequence.
- anemone
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What happens after a collision between masses M and m?
- mathmaniac1
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Can You Prove Equal Proportions in a Liquid Mixture?
- mathmaniac1
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Welcome to the Math Challenge Board
- Albert1
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What is the angle of NMC in triangle ABC with given measurements?
- anemone
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High School Is Algebraic Equality True? $\frac{x+y}{(x^2+y^2)} = \frac{1}{x+y}$
- whatlifeforme
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Reading a lot of maths make me hungry?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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High School Pattern from plotting y against multiples of y+2
- godsdog
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Is the Given Equality True Only for an Isosceles Triangle?
- anemone
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High School What font do universities use for math documents?
- VertexOperator
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High School Using only the numbers 3, 3, 3 and 3 once and + - * / once find 7?
- Natasha1
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Undergrad Loan financing algebra question
- jelrod45
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Undergrad Recommend some good maths textbooks?
- FinancialWar
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High School How did they get |x|=±x? How did they know y=0 is also a solution?
- InvalidID
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Current Through A half-wave rectifier
- aNxello
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Undergrad Why is it impossible to solve y explicitly in this equation?
- InvalidID
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High School Why does absolute value give two solutions for |x|=2 but one for ±|z|?
- InvalidID
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Ilovethepopper's question at Yahoo Answers concerning the width of a hexagon
- MarkFL
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Can you Solve This Putnam 2012 Problem about Acute Triangles?
- jakncoke1
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Undergrad Finding vertices given opposite vertices
- eddybob123
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What is the Relationship Between the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence?
- Albert1
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Constant term in a binomial expansion
- Petrus
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High School Whole exponent vs. fraction exponent
- Square1
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If a/(b+c)+b/(c+a)+c/(a+b)=1, prove a²/(b+c)+b²/(c+a)+c²/(a+b)=0
- anemone
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Jordan's Question from Facebook (About Regression)
- Sudharaka
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Finding 2d-2c from Equation with 4 Roots
- Albert1
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Jordan's Question from Facebook (About Exponential Functions)
- Sudharaka
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High School What is x in this arithmetic problem?
- BobG
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Undergrad Prove AM:GM Inequality: Best Methods
- VertexOperator
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High School What is the Degree of this Curve?
- mymachine
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Should I live a life of solitude like Newton and Euler?
- flyingpig
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High School Solving Composite Functions with Distributive Property
- TheFabricator
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Quirino27's question at Yahoo Answers (R symmetric implies R^2 symmetric)
- Fernando Revilla
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How do I isolate y in terms of x?
- bmanmcfly
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High School What is the solution to this simple sum problem?
- mathal
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Algebra/Physics problem - kinematics
- mathkid3
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Undergrad Why Does Mathematical Induction Prove Formulas True for All Positive Integers?
- andrewkg
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*2 values of x for perpendicular vectors
- karush
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Graduate Supplementary question to interesting problem post
- jdp
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High School When to use sine or cosine for force components at angles?
- physicsnoob145
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Undergrad Why is π/π = 1 but ∞/∞ indeterminate if π is infinite?
- uperkurk
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Determine the greatest value of the following expression
- max2
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Angle Sum/Difference Identities: Billy's Pre-calc Math Problem
- MarkFL
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Profit maximizing output with linear demand and constant costs
- foskel
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Why I always put parentheses around the arguments to any function.
- Ackbach
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Graduate Trying to solve any equation ever with Recurrences
- Gackhammer
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Bryan's question at Yahoo Answers regarding linear recurrence relations
- MarkFL
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Undergrad Maths question on using the minimum amount of DVD disc
- kenny1999
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Subtracting mixed numbers like 3 1/2 - 2 3/4
- MarkFL
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Find the value of x^5 + y^5 + z^5.
- anemone
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High School Transposing formulas/Solving for variables
- Anon481516
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High School Rearranging y = ax² + bx + c to solve for x
- Charij
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Undergrad Solving an Exponential Equation with Logarithm Rules
- jsully
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What is the area of the parallelogram enclosed by a pair of straight lines?
- Suvadip
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High School Triangles, what is the minimum amount of data required to
- uperkurk
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Angle bisector of two lines passing through intersection point
- Suvadip
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More than one equation for a given Trig Graph?
- m3dicat3d
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Graduate Doing theoretical/pure mathematics
- jimgavagan
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Graduate 100 perfect logicians with blue foreheads puzzle
- Jonnyb42
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Graduate Which is bigger: 2013! or 1007^{2013}?
- medwatt
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Solving Absolute Value Equations
- anemone
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DW123's question at Yahoo Answers regarding partial fraction decomposition
- MarkFL
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Problem Involving a System of Equations
- anemone
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Graduate Can there be an intelligence which is not evolutionary?
- finaquant
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Finding the coodinates of two lines.
- animaguy
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Counter-intuitive phenomena in math and physics
- jedson303
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High School Calculate Area with D:d:p = 4:1:4
- hpla
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High School Dot Product: Understand When to Use Each Method
- mindheavy
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How can we prove that a Pythagorean triple is primitive?
- Poirot1
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Graduate How do scientists visualize or intuitize math?
- RandyKramer
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Undergrad All possible ways to sum to a number
- Aero51
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Undergrad Sine Wave between two Functions
- Gackhammer
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High School What Are the Fun Mathematical Equivalencies That Equal One?
- dkotschessaa
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Proof of Triangle Inequality: a+b-c, b+c-a, c+a-b
- Albert1
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Undergrad Which field or theory deals with table mathematics?
- finaquant
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What is the value of gcd(0,0) in mathematics?
- Poirot1
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High School How can I differentiate between decimal and dot product notation?
- Akshay_Anti
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Is it likely the primary numbering system will be replaced by base 2?
- find_the_fun
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High School Do Parentheses ALWAYS disappear after distribution?
- AndromedaRXJ
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Stephanie's question at Yahoo Answers (Domain question)
- Fernando Revilla
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Can This Unique Pair of Values Solve the Equation?
- anemone
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Simplifying (2x+2)² and 84x/32x
- linapril
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How can the second term be mathematically turned into -j or 1/j?
- abaz
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High School How do I transform value into screen coordinates
- tonytj
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Why do similar triangles have equal ratios of sides?
- Amer
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Graduate Solving a 1415-gon Triangle Problem with the Pigeonhole Principle
- Numeriprimi
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Solving for a side of similar triangles
- Zashmar
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Zoe's Question from FB (Perimeter of Lincoln Memorial)
- Jameson
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Can this Simplification Problem be Solved Using Elementary Methods?
- anemone
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What is a function that satisfies the iterated functional equation $f(f(x))=-x$?
- Jameson
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Does the slinky analogy explain the unit circle and sine curve?
- m3dicat3d
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Prove that the expression is divisible by 26460
- anemone
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High School What is the common way to round up this number?
- cdux
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