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Algebra: distance from a fixed point

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Investigating Linearity of Event Occurrences Over Time

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Find order of rotational symmetry for the given shape

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Can anyone please verify/review this counterexample?

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What tool did the Greeks use to draw parallel lines?

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Determine all the solutions of the system

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Can anyone please verify/review this proof about primes?

  • Math100
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Proving a sum of three squared terms, cyclic in #a,b,c#, is equal to 1

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Find the shortest distance between the given vectors in 3D

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The negation of "A and B" does not include "not A and not B"

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Determine the ratio ##OA:AR## in the vector problem

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Determine the validity of the number problem

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Table Height: Solving for the Perfect Fit with Cat and Tortoise Heights

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Find the surface area of the water in the given prism

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Solving for x using 1 - tan(theta) in a Trigonometric Equation

  • James Brady
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Show that ##2 {\cos \theta} +(1- \tan \theta)^2≈ 3 - 2\theta##

  • chwala
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Prove trigonometric equality: 1 - cosx = 2(sin^2)*(x/2)

  • needingtoknow
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Tan ##2 \theta=4 /(1-1)##. This means ##2 \theta=90^{\circ}## Why?

  • ElectronicTeaCup
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I know ##tan 2\theta## but what is ##sin \theta##

  • ElectronicTeaCup
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Why does [sin(θ/2)-cos(θ/2)]^2 not always equal 1?

  • NanoChrisK
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Proving three angles are equal if they satisfy two conditions

  • brotherbobby
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Which of these logarithms has the biggest value?

  • songoku
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Find the value of ##r## and ##s## in the given quadratic equation

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Finding the length of this side of similar figures

  • songoku
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Solve the given quadratic equation that involves sum and product

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Show that ##(x-a)(x-b)=b^2## has real roots- Quadratics

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Show that ##(b-c)x^2+(c-a)x+a-b=0## has rational roots

  • chwala
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How to Efficiently Handle Set Operations Without Inbuilt Functions?

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Help Solving a Trigonometric Equation

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Tracking significant figures through a complicated problem

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Find the volume of the given prism

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Calculate ways to form a committee of 3 from 8, without division?

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Calculating coordinates of intercepts from field of view to target

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Find the nth term of the given sequence

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False. The statement does not logically follow from the given information.

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Find z^n+ 1/z^n: Why Consider Only One Argument?

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Multiple angles : Reducing the sum

  • brotherbobby
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Does there exist a surjection from the integers to the naturals?

  • docnet
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Does there exist a surjection from the natural numbers to the reals?

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Find the probability of different scenarios

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Trigonometric ratios of angles above 90 degrees

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Find the area of the quadrilateral

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The given function is an even or an odd function?

  • brochesspro
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Can double masking increase efficacy by 126% against particles?

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Write the contrapositive and negation of the statement

  • docnet
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Prove by induction the inequality

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Show that square root of 3 is an irrational number

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Prove that the statement is true or false

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Find the maximum value of the product of two real numbers

  • chwala
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Find the equation of the straight line

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Find the values of a and b in the given straight line equation

  • chwala
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Can Logarithms Be Used to Solve a Tricky Exponential Problem?

  • chwala
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Solve the proof in problem involving logarithms

  • chwala
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Find the value of ##N## in the logarithm problem

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How can the logarithm problem be solved?

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Find the car's speed at point when deceleration is increased - Mechanics

  • chwala
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Finding argument of complex number

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Solving an equation for ##x## involving inverse circular functions

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Finding the horizontal shift of a function

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Proving one equation, cyclic in variables ##a,b,c##, to another

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Solve these simultaneous equations that involve vectors

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Find the velocity of the airplane if there was no wind

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At what time will bike and car be side by side again - Mechanics

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What is the ideal timetable duration for a complete train journey?

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Find the distance between the car and the truck- Mechanics

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Find how fast is the train travelling at the end of the fourth minute?

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Imaginary Can We Find the Least Time?

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Reducing an algebraic fraction, cyclic in three variables, to another

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Find the time taken to travel from top of slope to base - Mechanics

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Find speed of the racing car as it crosses finish line - Mechanics

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How Do You Simplify Complex Algebraic Fractions?

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Reducing one algebraic fraction to another

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I have a real simple question about the Pythagoras theorem

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A complex probability question

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Straight line intersects geometric sequence

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Waiting for a train in a subway

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Continuous joint random variable

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The joint probability - two coins

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Trying to find an easier way to compute the double sum

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Solving these Simultaneous Equations

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Find the expected value of a coin flipping game

  • docnet
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Check that the polynomials form a basis of R3[x]

  • Anne5632
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Line of regression substitution

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Number of ways to make delegations

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Probability of getting 5 consecutive heads before 2 consecutive tails

  • Master1022
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Strategies for Solving Polynomial Equations: An Engineer's Approach

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Trouble with a double summation

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How to graph by hand: y=log((x/(x+2))

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Cannot understand what this proposition is saying

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Interesting Problem I Found (a set obtained by asymmetric scaling)

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Proofing Calculus 1: Prove (-1)*a=-a

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I think the book is wrong about this trig equation

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Sketching a graph of contaminants after a train crash

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Simple geometry problem -- Find the perimeter of the triangle ABC

  • docnet
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Easy geometry problem, please give me a hint....

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Probability/Combinatorics: # ways of picking 5 from 3 groups of 6

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