Women Definition and 56 Threads

Proof: Let x be the number of men, y be the number of women and z be the number of children. Then we have 3x+2y+0.5z=100 such that x+y+z=100. Note that x+y+z=100 gives us z=100-x-y. Substituting this result...

hmmmm this question is a bit confusing... i.e on the part of finding the number of women. Looking at the graph, and say considering Red, it's pretty obvious that men are ##3##, now my confusion is on the number of women, is it ##5## or ##8##? my thinking falls on two perspectives,firstly that...

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Homework Statement How many ways are there for four men and five women to stand in a line so that All men stand together? All women stand together? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution For all men stand together, you can group the 4 men as one token, then there are (1+5)! ways the men...

I could be wrong I haven't checked, but women have 2 x's and men have an x and a y. So is an x more DNA than a y?

I ran across this table that lists the % of engineering and cs degrees awarded to women by school in 2014-2015. You can sort on any column, ascending or descending. http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/women-in-engineering-and-computer-science/2089/?tid=a_inl-amp This was useful to...

OK, first of all, I am not quite certain where this topic should go. It does deal with academic guidelines and requirements, but it isn't really a "guidance" for students. So I was half tempted to post this in the General Discussion forum, but at the last minute, decided to post it in Academic...

There is a movie out--"Hidden Figures"--about how three women launched the space program; or something like that. My daughter wants to write about them for a school project. I keep suggesting my daughter write about Sophie Germain, or Emmy Noether, Daubechies or Hypatia. But my daughter...

Homework Statement A woman is on a train leaving the station at3.5 m/s , while a friend waving goodbye runs alongside the car she's in. Call the train's direction of motion the +x direction. Once the train has reached a speed of 10 m/s, how fast must the woman walk, and in which direction, to...

Homework Statement In West Cornwall, I met w women each carrying s sacks, each containing c cats. However, a third of the women then lost half their sacks, and the remaining women lost half their cats from a third of their sacks. How many cats remained, it terms of w, s and c?2. The attempt at...

i honestly don't want to start a debate hear, i just encountered this question in a recent test, i decided notto answer it. Homework Statement Assertion (A): Biologically, Women are superior to men. Reason(R):The female takes care of the developing foetus, females also provide nourishment for...

Or is this just a myth? If women are in fact more emotional, then what is the evolutionary reason for this? Thank you.

Apparently it has been thought that heart disease is mostly a men's disease. But - Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from heart disease. Heart disease is now the No. 1 killer of women, causing more deaths than all cancers combined! And yet only 56 percent of American women...

Apparently more women accompanied their husbands or families during Viking journeys/migrations than previously thought. Some apparently fought on the battlefield, or at least wielded swords and possibly wore armour...

My daughter graduates next week. Major in EE, minor in Physics and Econ. Here are my observations as a parent of a daughter who was only 1 of 4 EE females at her school. My daughter's school is proud of how they encourage females in engineering, but they should be ashamed of it...

Hi all, I want to read and learn about the contributions minorities and women have made to science so that I can highlight these contributions when I teach and be aware of them. I really am not sure where to look for this information, though. I was hoping some people on here might be able...

In how many ways can a non-empty collection of people to be chosen from 4 men and 3 women to lineup for a photo if the number of men must be the same as the number of women? I said {4 \choose 1} {3 \choose 1} 2! +{4 \choose 2} {3 \choose 2} 4! + {4 \choose 3} {3 \choose 3} 6! Is this right?

What evolutionary advantage does it serve? Is the lack of physical strength simply a biproduct of being able to give birth? It seems strange that those who produce the young would not be able to defend themselves most efficiently.

I have a substantial mathematics library. Perusing my collection, however, I noticed that none of the book authors were women. I find the lack of prominent female authors in mathematics to be disturbing, both in my libabrary and in the literature in general. So can any of you recommend me...

Homework Statement How many ways can a boat crew of 8 women be arranged if 3 of the women can only row on the bow side and 2 can only row on the stroke side?Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I simply did 8!/5! (5!/3!)3! which is simply 3!(8!/3!) The correct answer is 1728.

I was watching Lincoln last night, and at a part were the idea of women voting was laughed at by the legislators. My mom's comment was along the lines of "Oh right, women weren't smart enough to vote back then." or something similar (and a sarcastic tone of course). My retort was that around...

Homework Statement From a group of 5 women and 7 men, how many different committees con- sisting of 2 women and 3 men can be formed? What if 2 of the men are feuding and refuse to serve on the committee together? Part 1: my attempt: for men, we have 7 choose 3 for woman, we have 5 choose 2...

Any women out there with a PhD in physics? I was wondering, do any of you have families? When did you start? I'm a woman myself majoring in physics. With all the time needed for people in general to receive their PhD... then go through post docs for a few years... then finally, hopefully...

Probability question: "From a group of 8 women, 6 men, ..." Homework Statement Homework Equations n choose k = n!/((n-k)! * k!) multiplication rule The Attempt at a Solution Clearly the number of total committees that can be formed from 3 of 8 women and 3 of 6 men is (8...

As a girl I worry about going into an engineering field. I'm concerned about job prospects for women or discrimination in the work place. I also worry that it might be strange to be a minority in a class of mostly men. I’d like to hear what some girls think if there’s any on here that know about...

I study biology, and I have observed that in undergraduate and postgraduate classes the majority of students are female. However, in senior positions from post-doc to professors, there is a strong bias towards males. What could be causing these patterns? How can a woman increase her chances...

Famous quote of 2010, earthquakes caused by women dressing "immodestly". It was even published in the Iranian press. An Iranian cleric blamed earthquakes on women who dress "immodestly" and lead young men "astray". Can it be true? After all, these guys are smart enough to build a nuclear bomb...

Hello all! I'm currently entering my sophomore year as a physics major at a uni with a pretty good program. Right now (and has been for quite some time) I have plans on studying astrophysics and am working towards a B.S in Physics and Astronomy (yes my university has a degree to allow the...

I don't know what to say about this other than to wonder what this guy was thinking. :rolleyes: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_earthquakes_promiscuity" I love the reaction though...

Homework Statement I'm getting fairly frustrated seeing as I've been working on this 'easy' problem for several hours yet still can't get the correct solution. The problem is as follows: A 180 lb- man and a 120-lb woman stand side by side at the same end of a 300-lb boat, ready to dive, each...

On last night's Rachel Maddow show, Bill Wolff made the claim that if women are allowed to compete in Olympic ski jumping, the competition must be changed to make it "fair". He said that women are at a disadvantage because of "less mass". He even mentions F=ma. But isn't his assumption totally...

I was reading the news and there is a report of many women in Turkey have opted for abortion after having received the rubella virus vaccine during their pregnancy. In light of the recent discussion of the flu-vaccine I thought it might be of interest. These women were not properly counseled...

Hello, I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice to a women in such a male dominated field. I'm a sophomore-almost-junior math major, physics minor and as much as i try not to i can't help but feel somewhat inferior compared to my classmates, even when i KNOW i am doing just as well or better...

I'm not looking for any causal explanations, i.e. "men stop making testosteron which causes baldness". I'm not saying this is the case - just so you know what i mean. But is there a reason evolutionary reason, or anything similar, that men lose their hair whereas women don't?

Hello, I am looking at the stats for a particular academic test: - In 2007, 11 women out of 50 candidates took the test; there were only 3 women among the 16 successful candidates. - In 2009, 12 women out of 52 candidates took the test; there was only 1 woman women among the 14 successful...

let there are 10 men and 5 women if they are standing in a particular order M M W W M M M M W M M W M M =Z we have to arrange them in couples. like this MW MW MW MW MW; MMMMMM =X condition:- if you reverse the process, you have to get the given original order=Z Thanks.

What is the mix of men and women in your physics classes at uni? I am right to expect a sausage-fest?

What's the scientific evidence regarding who has bigger calves muscle? Men or women? I have heard that women have bigger calves than men because in the pregnancy in which they use their legs. I have heard that men have bigger calves than women because they have more testosterone than...

Homework Statement A woman is standing on a flat section of ground. Her weight is 500N. Newton's third law states that there must be an equal an equal and opposite force to her weight, which is A. The Earth exerting an upward force of 500 N on the woman. B. The woman exerting an upward...

Who are your favorites? I'm hoping to discover some new ones, but even the most well known ones are welcome. For instance I've got a thing for Joan of Arc. Of all the women in history, she would be the one I'd most like to converse with. But first I'd like to talk about another fascinating...

Are women faster than men? In sports events, the gender gap is very close. So will women overtake men in 10 years? So woman would be rank top #5 in the men's team, right?

Are women naturally smarter than men? What's the biology proven? Women's brain works more than men's? Who's smarter in general? Any biological evidence?

So many people say that women have stronger legs. Some people say no. What does the biological evidence say? I thought men legs are stronger than women. What do you think? Please be honest.

Homework Statement Let's have 2n persons, n men and n women. Suppose they sit randomly around a table with 2n chairs. What is the probability that no two persons of the same sex will sit next to each other? The Attempt at a Solution Here's my idea: I will model this situation with...

Being a total noob, I am risking any future reputation i might have here by starting a topic as my first post. So I'm ready for yall. That being said, I just wanted to hear your thoughts as to what it is about engineering that turns women off to the profession. Its not the math, plenty of...

N women, each with mass m, stand on a railway flatcar of mass M. Tehy jump off one end of the flatcar with velocity u relative to the car. The car rolls in the opposite direction without friction. A- What is the final velocity of the flatcar if all the women jump at the same time? B-...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060420/sc_space/emotionalwiringdifferentinmenandwomen An almond-shaped cluster of neurons. So, is this why people are nuts? :smile: :biggrin:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/20/nblind20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixhome.html How can having a heart attack make you see again:confused:

Can someone please explain the reason as to why a race of humans cannot start with one man and one women? This silly idea keeps popping up with creation people and I can't see that this is even what the Bible holds true. But I'd like to hear as to why this can't be true from a biological point...