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Projection of a 1.5m tall, 2m wide shade onto the ground at 60°

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Finding Points of Intersection by Substitution

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Proving a/b < (a+1)/(b+1) when a < b

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Spanning Sets in R3: Determine Vectors

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Finding 2 tan²A + sin²A - 1 given sin A = cos A

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Effect of Non-Circular Orbits on Trigonometry Word Problems

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Graphing a Rotated Conic on a Graphing Calculator

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Fairly simple trig question concerning calculus tools

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Height of 1893 Ferris wheel seat at 125 feet

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Relationship between two random variables having same expectation

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Rotate Parabola: Eliminate xy-Term

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Calculating Heights on the Ferris Wheel

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Proving PS/PQ = TX/XR in ΔPQR with Parallel Lines

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Finding the Angle: Solving Trig Problems on the Ferris Wheel

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Rotate Hyperbola: Sketch Graph of xy-2y-4x=0

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Solving a determinant to give it's factors

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Finding Volume of Cylinder Containing Sphere

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How Can Pi Be Approximated Using a Coin and a Grid?

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How do I find the equation of a hyperbola with given foci and asymptotes?

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Prove the identity (tan x + sec x - 1)/(tan x - sec x + 1) = tan x + sec x

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Numeric result for an integral solution to pi

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Solving Solids of Revolution: Cylinder vs Function of Y

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Domain/Range for Inv. Functions

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Finding q when f(x) has equal remainders for divisors x+1 and x-2

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Solve Quadratic Equation: 2x^2 - 3ax - 3bx + a^2 + b^2 + 2ab = 0

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Sum of squares equation problem

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Finding x and y in terms of a and b from two radical equations

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Integral with bisquare function

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Calculating Poisson Probability for Car Rental Income

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How can the inequality problem be solved for 1.8^n/n! < 0.201?

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For each positive integer n, let T(n) be the number of triangles with

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Binomial sequence and graph display

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Why is the limit at x=0 equal to zero in this calculus problem?

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Dividing 8 teachers among 4 schools with staff and teaching limits

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How does 1+p+p²/2!+p³/3!+... equal e^p?

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Probability student exam problem

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Finding Y1 on the TI-83 Plus Calculator for Linear Regression

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How Can You Factor the Trigonometric Expression sin^3(x)-cos^3(x)?

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Find area of a rectangle if length is given

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Solving for n in Permutation Equations

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Inequality Mathematical Induction

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Proving the Formula Using Mathematical Induction

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Why does cos θ become 0 for π/r radians?

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Find Sin(P + Q) from 2 equations

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Object sliding down incline plane reaching point on circle

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Rational Representation of a Repeating Decimal

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Finding Solutions to 4x + 60/x = 40 by Drawing a Suitable Line

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Write equation of translated graph in general form

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Quadratic Equations - How to solve this

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Why Does My Graph Cross the Horizontal Asymptote y=1?

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How can I solve a polynomial problem without using a calculator?

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Find Determinant of 4x4 Matrix: Problem Solved

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Cumulative Frequency Homework: Solving (a) and (b)

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Variance of Linear combination of random variable

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Analysis necessary to reduce the concentration of PCBs

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Finding f(A) Using Matrix Capabilities

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Exponential Equation: Solve 4x+7=18

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Writing system of equations for loan interest and mixture problems

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Radius of an Arc Inside an Arc

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Minimum test score to qualify for competitive examination

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Simplifying Trigonometric Identities

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Partial Fraction Decomposition #3

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Trigonometric identities problem

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Evaluating/Solving Logarithmic expressions/equations

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Partial Fraction Decomposition #2

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Partial fraction decomposition of (4x²+2x-1)/(x²(x+1))

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Solving f(x+a)=f(x^2+a) for x with a linear function

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Basic algebra responsible for brain fart

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How can I solve this Least Squares Regression problem?

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How to solve what should be a simple variant of a quadratic

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How to Solve a System of Equations Without Using Matrices?

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Understanding Affine Space: Uses in Physics

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Reflect a ball off a circle by rotating the path endpoint

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Need to find the volume of a rounded cube.

  • alf_garnett
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Referring to professors in papers

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Problem involving productivity

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Solving "2(sinA+cosB)sinB=3-cosB" Trig Problem

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Finding the Tangent of an Angle Between Vectors Using the Dot Product

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How to graph a function by transforming a graph of a function form?

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Probability of (not) distinguish signal

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How to Calculate Standard Deviation for Defective Bolts?

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How do I find the domain of a composite function?

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The effect of modulus in the graph of a linear equation.

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Derivative of x*sqrt[x/(2-x)] - Solving for the Correct Answer

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Is 0.541r a Simple Fraction or Radian Measure?

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Prove y^5+y^2-7y+5≥0 for y≥1

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Can Swapping Wine and Water Equalize Their Amounts in Two Glasses?

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Proving boundedness of sums and products of functions

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Maths problem(mechanics-friction)

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Mean, median, Mode, standard deviation and 10th and 90th percentiles

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Prove Irrationality of \sqrt{3}, \sqrt{5}, \sqrt{6} and 2^1/3, 3^1/3

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