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Can the minimum value of x + 1/x ever be less than 1 on x > 0?

  • Rectifier
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Ways to put letters in postboxes

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{Combinatorics} Coins distributed among people.

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Solving Polynomials: Factoring

  • Mary1910
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How Can I Solve tan(a)=-1 for Multiple Solutions?

  • Rectifier
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Proof of the logarithm product rule

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How does (n+1)^n(n+1)+1 expand to n(n+1)^n+(n+1)^n+1?

  • Fabrizio
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Geometry Problem - Sum of distances

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{Geometry} Find length of the equilateral triangle

  • youngstudent16
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{Geometry} Find the Area of the quadrilateral

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Tan() -- calculate the exact value w/o a calculator

  • Rectifier
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Calculate the Unknown Angle of a Right Triangle

  • Rectifier
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The problemFind side length using trig

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Probability density function of uniform distribution

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Is ± Present When Taking 4th Root?

  • Destroxia
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How Do Three Tangents Form an Equilateral Triangle Around a Circle?

  • Saracen Rue
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Finding mean, median and mode for survey color preferences

  • dimasalang
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Calculate Binomial Coefficient: {-3 \choose 0}, {-3 \choose 1}, {-3 \choose 2}

  • LagrangeEuler
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Show smaller circle lie inside bigger circle

  • goldfish9776
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How Do You Transform Trigonometric Expressions and Find Their Extremes?

  • Theodore Hodson
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System reliability: probability of failure and conditional probability

  • BigFlorida
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Combination or probability question

  • rajeshmarndi
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Solving using permutation and combination

  • rajeshmarndi
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Prove by method of contradiction

  • agent1594
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4 balls and 4 cells probabillity

  • diracdelta
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Choosing a president and 2-person committee from 8 people

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Finding the equation of a parabola with 1 point

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Arrangement of letters in a word

  • rajeshmarndi
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Different types of exponential growth equations?

  • NanaToru
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Quick Limit Question (Pictures Included)

  • Yawzheek
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Factoring a quadratic: strange issues

  • ducmod
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Solving ln(x) = 5 - x for x

  • Rectifier
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What is the name of this function?

  • Rectifier
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Limit does not exist but function exist

  • funlord
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Prove of number of subsets of a set

  • rajeshmarndi
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Proving subset relationships for A = {1}, B = {1,2}

  • Ryanodie
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Can Consecutive Powers Be Expressed as Polynomial Formulas?

  • Keen94
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Solving a Trigonometry Problem with a Missing 90-Degree Angle

  • Keith
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Solving an Equation with g(x) and h(x)

  • Jaco Viljoen
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What is the Domain of l/g Without first calculating (l/g)(x)

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Rational and irrational numbers

  • Curieuse
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Conditional probability problem - good solution?

  • diracdelta
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Geometric sum for compound interest savings account

  • Rectifier
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Suppose the function f is defined as follows: f(x)=4x^2-5x+1

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Suppose function g is defined as follows: g(x)=-(1/2)x-3

  • Jaco Viljoen
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What is the magnitude of the aftershock

  • gatita0225
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Cos(A-B) vs sin(A+B) [acos(x) + bsin(x) question]

  • lionely
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A difficult problem on functions

  • spaghetti3451
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Use proof by induction to show that 2^n > n^3 for n>9

  • PcumP_Ravenclaw
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Why does cos 2x = √3/2 have 32 solutions in [0,8π]?

  • takando12
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The Probability Density of X^2?

  • Kior
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How Do You Solve These Delegation Selection Problems in Combinatorics?

  • diracdelta
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True/False : Stationary process In stochastic process

  • hojoon yang
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Transforming Functions: Solving g(x) = 2f(-x+(3/2))

  • AAAA
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Finding non-zero matrix X satisfying AX + XA = 0

  • Appleton
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Statistics problem using cumulative from mean

  • MarcL
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Prove that the rationals are dense

  • PcumP_Ravenclaw
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(euclidean geometry) Euclid's elements proposition 13 book

  • astrololo
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Finding log([x+y]/√5) given x/y + y/x = 3

  • lionely
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Solving a logarithm equation without change of base

  • lionely
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Are scaled time arguments like X(2t) still Gaussian or Poisson processes?

  • hojoon yang
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Find linear equation based on given costs

  • ducmod
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Solving trigonometric equations using compound angle formula

  • Tangeton
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Explaining E[(X−µ)³] calculation and variance formula

  • Kior
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Is the argument sound? Yes, the argument is sound.

  • Keen94
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Trigonometric Equation solving

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Point of Intersection involving logarithms

  • Potatochip911
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Probably a geometric series question

  • mpx86
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Proofs using the binomial theorem

  • Keen94
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Prove that the sum of binomial coefficients equals 2^n

  • Keen94
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Does a set of three matrices span the space of 2×2 matrices?

  • sciencegem
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Mathematical Modelling, Vectors and Parametric Equations

  • Nile Anderson
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Is x=0 a solution to the inequality above?

  • Rectifier
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Square root of complex number on a calculator

  • Gremlin
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Trying to Find Coords of a Local Maximum and Minimum

  • cmkluza
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What Values of \( p \) Ensure \( p(x^2+2) < 2x^2+6x+1 \) for All \( x \)?

  • Theodore Hodson
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Finding eigenvalues λ for the matrix transformation

  • Appleton
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Let f, g and h be functions defined below:

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Which of the following is/are true?

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Which of the following represent a function

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Prove that 33 divides 2^55 + 1

  • jack476
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Let f, g and h be functions defined as follows:

  • Jaco Viljoen
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The circle with the equation x^2+y^2-2x+4y=0

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Diameter of a circle endpoints P(0,0) Q(8,-4) what equation:

  • Jaco Viljoen
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Combination with repeatation formula

  • rajeshmarndi
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How to find the argument of a function?

  • znaya
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What Are the Effects of Different Transformations on the Function y=e^x?

  • Samurai44
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Finding the height of a cone with similar cones

  • Ruturaj Vaidya
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The discriminant of a quadratic and real solutions

  • Keen94
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Proving polynomial identity 3x²-5x-2=(3x+1)(x-2)

  • Keen94
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Distribution function primitive

  • cham
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Basic Proof Writing: Prove Sum of 3 Odd Ints is Odd

  • Keen94
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Truth Set for the given Equivalence

  • Keen94
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P-value for observing 4 heads in 5 fair coin flips

  • Mr Davis 97
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