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    B How to pronounce the "=" sign in the following situations?

    My native language is not English. I try to read textbooks in English. I wonder how should I pronounce "=" in some special sentences: "equals", "is", "was equal", "being", "being equal" or somehow else. How to pronounce the "=" sign in the following sentences: 1) It moves from x1=5m to x2=9m...
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    I Is this condition for infinite roots wrong?

    Thank you all. Stroud's textbook is mostly very good, but I stuck on that place.
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    I Is this condition for infinite roots wrong?

    I found a strange theorem and a doubtful method in Stroud's book "Engineering mathematics": I think, every polynomial equation will have two infinite roots (at +infinity and -infinity). I also think that this method of the determination of an asymptote gives wrong results if f(x) is a...
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    Some questions on terminology (for native English speakers)

    Hello! I am a beginner in English terminology. I know that direct current is a flow of electricity that moves in one direction only (i.e. does not change its direction). I also know that alternating current is an electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals. However, I cannot...
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