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Why does x = -1 fail to satisfy x - √((x+2)²) = 0?

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How Do Hadamard Matrices Relate to Identity Matrices?

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Probability question on buckets and balls

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Finding a^16 + b^16 + c^16 for roots of x^3 - x + 1 = 0

  • terryds
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How do you solve x + y + 3 = 2√(x - 1) + 4√(y - 1)?

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What percentage of students take French at Madison High School?

  • zak100
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Disjunctive Normal form to Combinatorial Circuit

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Function continuous on (0,1) with two values on [0,1]

  • The Subject
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How to find the inverse of a function

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Counting problems: dancing couples & books and children

  • member 587159
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What Is the Probability That Exactly 3 Out of 8 Children Are Girls?

  • thegreengineer
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Limit problem (by definition I think)

  • terryds
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Conditional probability with 3 dice summing to 10

  • Rampart
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Difference between two statements

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How do I find the area of a Quadrilateral?

  • zak100
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Trigonometric equation sin(x) = C*sin(y)

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Why does this sorting algorithm properly sort the array?

  • TheMathNoob
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Linear equations algebra based problem

  • zak100
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Statistics and Maple: Constructing a Team of 4 from 3 Groups"

  • Mathman2013
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Average Speed With Ambiguous Distance/Time

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Integer points in the interior of a triangle with vertices (0,0), (0,41), (41,0)

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Number of ways that seven toys can be distributed

  • NihalRi
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Proving nested partitions form a partition of the original set

  • Jairo Rojas
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Induction Proof for 2^n x 2^n Matrix Using L Transformation

  • Jairo Rojas
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Proving A ∪ (∩Bi) = ∩(A ∪ Bi) with infinite sets

  • Jairo Rojas
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Sine function in equation issue

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Absolute function into piecewise function

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How do I calculate inverse trig functions?

  • Alanay
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Finding Angle of Inclination With a Given Slope

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What is the Probability of a Loaded Die?

  • Kingyou123
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Finding the focus of a parabola given an equation

  • BlueQuark
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How does one solve these numerically?

  • goonking
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Solving cos 2θ = sin θ and sin 2θ - 1 = cos 2θ

  • Enochfoul
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Probability that 3 yellow and 7 blue marbles have no adjacent yellows

  • member 587159
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Solving cos(θ)^x+sin(θ)^x=1 for x: How many real solutions exist?

  • vijayramakrishnan
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How Can I Master Complex Counting Problems Involving Multiple Principles?

  • member 587159
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How many cats remained after women in West Cornwall lost sacks and cats?

  • Natasha1
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Find angle ABC in rhombus ABDF with equilateral triangle ACE

  • Natasha1
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Infinite series related interest question

  • Zacarias Nason
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Proving trigonometric identities in a belt and pulley proble

  • Terrell
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Finding total investment, average drop, and number of new shareholders

  • Natasha1
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What is the Relationship Between Probabilities of Independent Events?

  • erisedk
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Finding probability of at least one event with symmetric conditions

  • erisedk
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Ideal Straight Line - instrumentation HND

  • cps.13
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Angle between two straight lines

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Finding total distance on a position vs time graph

  • physicsnerd26
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Problem with length difference through circle

  • MarkCJ
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Statistical significance of a 30 Hz peak in Fourier spectra

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Maxima and minima and finding the radius of the circle

  • Matejxx1
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'Mathematically Similar' Question

  • zeldaspurpose
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All possible planes, given two points

  • The Subject
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How to represent this complex number?

  • Elvis 123456789
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How to go from a*cosx + b*sinx TO A*cos(wt - phi)?

  • Elvis 123456789
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Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations

  • DiamondV
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Matrix homework problem due Monday

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How do I graph -66/-99 from -12/11 x 10 + 54/11?

  • Alanay
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Does the line lie in the plane?

  • The Subject
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Infinite solution to system with no free variables?

  • CynicusRex
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Which order for matrix equation A = CB(B^-1)?

  • DiamondV
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Find Vector \overrightarrow{B_1B} for Triangle ABC

  • gruba
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Finding perpendicular vector in a skewed coordinate system

  • AllenFaust
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Probability of 3 White, 2 Tan, 1 Pink, 1 Yellow, 2 Green

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Water droplet coalescence - prove S < S1 + S2

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Finding a basis for the range space

  • Janiceleong26
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Probability -- traffic lights (1. R=0.4, 2. R=0.5, 2x G=0.2)

  • CynicusRex
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Find the equation of the line by using vectors

  • TheMathNoob
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Computing the shape of the Earth as seen by a camera

  • Thomas Kundera
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Limit Question using first principles

  • Jamesaa1234
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Inverse of an upper triangular matrix with 1s on diagonal

  • Telemachus
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Evaluating lim_{x→2} tan(2-√(2x))/(x²-2x)

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Simplifying three trig expressions with tan, cot, and csc

  • Cosmic-Kat
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Hyperbola: define epicenter word problem

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Partial Fractions with Ugly Coefficients

  • AntSC
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How do you find the size of a matrix product?

  • DiamondV
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Solving exp(-xπ/√(1-x²)) = 0.1 for x

  • Captain1024
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Recursive Algorithm, does it look correct

  • Kingyou123
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Relative Velocity of Ball on Moving Board

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Downward parabola: value of p = 1/a?

  • ducmod
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Absolute value inequality with exponential form solution set

  • diredragon
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Boat crossing river at angle to reach directly opposite shore

  • Giu1iano
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Probability of Guessing game outcome

  • Destroxia
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Number of functions such that f(i) not equal to i

  • Titan97
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Is the relation a/b = c/d transitive and symmetric?

  • Kingyou123
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Comparing torus and sphere volume and surface area at nanoscale

  • Quinn Pochekailo
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Which functions are missing from {1,2,3} to {a,b} and why?

  • Kingyou123
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Proving a set identity with a Venn diagram

  • Kingyou123
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Finding equation with zeroes and max value

  • Drake M
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Solving -25FCosα + 1.5FSinα= -80 with Trigonometric Identities

  • Esas Shakeel
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What is the correct 6-bit 2's complement representation of -32?

  • TheMathNoob
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Simplifying Radical Expressions

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Given: parallelogram and right angle; Prove: parallelogram

  • Joodez
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Determine the Set of Points at Which the Function is Continu

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Ax+by=c is a straight line. When b=0 then it is // to y-axis

  • CynicusRex
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Contour map of the function showing several level curves

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Finding constants a and b so limit exists with absolute values

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