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    B More similar triangle problems

    All right. Based on post #19, there are the next steps. $$ \frac{d}{d\phi}(8+\frac{8}{\tan\phi}+2\tan\phi)=0\implies(-\frac{8}{\tan^2\phi}+2)\cdot\sec^2\phi=0\implies $$ $$ -\frac{8}{\tan^2\phi}+2=0\implies\tan^2\phi=4\implies\tan\phi=\pm2\implies\phi=\pm63,435^\circ $$ ##...
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    B More similar triangle problems

    I suppose that you use the Pythagorean theorem here. (see below) $$ \sqrt{(a+2)^2+(b+4)^2}=\sqrt{b^2+2^2}+\sqrt{a^2+4^2}\implies0=0 $$ So, there is not a unique solution. The minimum of ## S ## where $$ S=8+\frac{8}{\tan\phi}+2\tan\phi $$ you can find by equating the first derivative ##...
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    Einstein vs Newton - Who is your favorite and why?

    And what is your answer? Einstein or Newton? Please choose one, not both of them.
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    Which one is correct statement regarding lightning?

    When we speak about electrostatic induction, we speak in the context of charges of regions of the object, not in the context of charges of the overall object. The object can be neutral, but its charges cannot be evenly distributed. The polarization in this case is caused by what you have...
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    Einstein vs Newton - Who is your favorite and why?

    Newton His work was the groundwork for later discoveries.
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    Engineering Disasters

    Top three: Chernobyl, the Bhopal Disaster, and the Titanic.
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    Is this biased or unbiased Method of Moments Estimator?

    (i) Your work is correct, but your notation should be clearer. should be $$ \hat{\theta}=\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2 $$. (ii) I do not understand how you get this . By following steps $$ E(\hat{\theta})=E(\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2)=\frac1nE(\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i^2)=... $$ you should get this $$...
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    I Trigonometry problem of interest

    By replacing humans with artificial intelligence, this forum would lose its soul, and some kind of emptiness would be left.
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    Speed of moth related to Doppler Effect

    Your solution is okay. You can check it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect#Radar.
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    I Trigonometry problem of interest

    Okay. ## c^2=a^2+(2R)^2-2\cdot a\cdot2R\cdot\cos(\angle ADC) ## ## c^2=x^2+b^2-2\cdot x\cdot b\cdot\cos(\angle ABC) ## I want to offer one more solution to show that the decision between ## c ## or ## d ## is irrelevant. ## \cos(\angle BCD)=b/(2R) ## from The definition of cosine in the...
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    I Trigonometry problem of interest

    You are right. There is one more approach which is based on the figure from the post #39 and it is simpler than the one I have provided in the post #43. ## \cos(\angle ADC)=a/(2R) ## from The definition of cosine in the context of a right-angled triangle ## \angle ADC+\angle ABC=180^\circ ##...
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    Correct statement about siphon used to empty water tank

    Yes it does and this holds in theory. There is not an idealized situation in theory when PB=0 and the syphon works. hB=Patm/(ρg)-vB2/(2g) is the height of the syphon which can not be reached because at that height PB=0 and the syphon will “break”. This value limits the height of the syphon. The...
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    I When are Markov Matrices also Martingales?

    The formula is correct.
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    I Trigonometry problem of interest

    One more approach based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_quadrilateral and the cosine theorem. ## \angle FGB=120^\circ\implies\angle FEB=60^\circ ## (Supplementary angles) ## \cos(\angle FEB)=(c^2-7^2-7^2+11^2)/(2\cdot(11\cdot c+7\cdot7))\implies c=13 ## (Angle formulas) ## \cos(\angle...