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Diophantine Equation(Example Run-Through)

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How can I expand sin(x + y) + sin(x - y) to get 2sinxcosy?

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Using double angles to find value of

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Multiplying Radicals with FOIL Method

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Find f'(π/4) where f(x) = lim[csc(t)−csc(x)]/(t−x)

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Simplify Radicals: -3\sqrt[6]{3}, 2\sqrt[3]{192}, \sqrt[6]{320} and More!

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Trig Functions - When wil object be 9cm below 0?

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Prove any positive integer divides some number with only 0s and 1s

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Simple trig which I have forgotten

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Divisibility Proof: Prove n^7 - n Divisible by 7

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Four buildings with same area: which has largest and smallest perimeter?

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Prove that tan x = csc 2x - cot 2x

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Measuring Parabolas of a Suspension Bridge - Alex

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How to factor y^1/3 - 1 and y^1/5 - 1 in a limit

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Radical probelm can someone please check my answers?

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Rearranging a(a+x)=b(b-x) to find x in terms of a and b

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Retrieving exact value using Compound angle

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Solve for y: Determining the Measure of Angle y

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Descriptive Statistics - Find % of measurement in a certain range

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Is (1-Exp[-i x])^2 equal to Sin^2(x) in particle physics?

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Calculating the Value of an Infinite Series

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What is a Lattice Point in Geometry?

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Finding data for a 2D packing efficiency school project

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Understanding compund angle formulas

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Geometric multiplicity formula with eigenvalues and rank

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Function of distance between a point and vector in 3D

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Converting vertex form to standard form for a quadratic

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How to Find the Exact Values of Cosine and Sine of Compound Angles

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Precalculus problems I cannot solve

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Is the Original Figure Considered a Shape in This Puzzle?

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Binomial theorem - not an easy question

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Range of A for Real Roots of Ay2 - 3y + 4 = 0

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Help with precalculus problem

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Limit of (tan√x - sin√x)/(x√(2x)) as x→0+

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Achiles and a tortoise (not Zeno's Paradox)

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Common log question (are you done?)

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Solving Trig Equation: 600cosA = xcos35

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Magnitude of 1/(1 + jwRC) with complex denominator

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How many people in a group would you expect to have the same birthday?

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Finding E(min(X,100)) for geometric distribution with parameter θ

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Verify "Sin2(x)Cos2(x) - Cos2(x) = 0" Identity

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Finding circle center and radius by completing the square

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Card Game Probability Question

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Do 4 Linearly Independent Vectors in R^4 Always Span the Space?

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Find the vertex of y = (a-b)(a+b)

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Normal Distribution - Discrete or Continuous?

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Shortest distance between plane and point

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Sum of numbers greater than 10,000 from digits 0,2,4,6,8

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Permutations with 3 balls of different colours in 4 glass cylinders

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Quadratic Functions Word Problem, It's Tricky

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Proving sin(x) + cos(x) = √2sin(x + π/4)

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A (simple?) question on fractions

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Maximizing surface area of rectangular package with square base

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Probability of winning four holes in golf

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Finding the slope of f(x) = -1/(2x) at x = -2/3 using limits

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Are There Other Strange Division Patterns Besides Cancelling 6's?

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Geometry with circles, triangles and squares

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Composition of Functions: Finding g(f-1(x)) with Given Equations

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Liquid Volume of a Frustum of a Cone

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Probability of a Population greater than the one of a sample

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Find polynomial when given a complex root

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How Do You Solve the Inequality \(\frac{1}{2^x} > \frac{1}{x^2}\)?

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Finding inverse transform formulas for three cumulative distributions

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Solving (7/4)^x = 5^(1-x) algebraically

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Probability question; Conditional probability and poisson distribution

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How can I solve for x in the inequality 1/x <= 4?

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Probability Question.Can somone tell me if i am doing right thing

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What Are the Correct Values of a and b in the Polynomial Problem?

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Finding x when cos x - i sin 2x and sin x - i cos 2x are conjugates

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Graphing calculator scene project

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Galois theory. field extension, constructible/algebraic numbers

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Ox-words: Rules, Length & Occurrences of a & b

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Prove by induction or any other logical argument

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Binomial Probability: More Than 1 Survival from 10 Chicks

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Finding probability an innocent person is convicted guilty

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Some number belongs to real such that

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Is |f(x)| continuous if f(x) is continuous?

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Find solutions to non-linear equation

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Solving for Values in an Inverse Partitioned Matrix

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Solve for Area with Given Vertices Using Vector Calculus

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Proving Implication with Truth Tables: When Do We Use T or F?

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What Determines the Cross Sectional Flow Area in Air Ducts?

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Probability of rolling 6-6-6-4-1 with six dice

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Factoring a higher order polynomial

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Magnitude of this complex number

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What is the limit of k over k squared?

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Is the quotient of periodic functions also periodic?

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Matrix Right-Inverse: Find x_1,x_2 for Ax=b

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Proving f(n) = 5 x 3^n - 4 with Mathematical Induction

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Solving for a, p, and q in polynomial and trigonometric equations

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Statistics: Standard Normal Distribution

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Ellipse Equation w/ only vertices and focus

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Finding other points on the line given the midpoint

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Proving Subgroup Equality in Group Theory

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