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Angles in a polygon |
2001-02-17 |
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From Joan:
How many sides does a polygon have if its smallest interior angle is 120 degrees and each sucessive angle is 5 degrees greater than the predecessor?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Percentage increase |
2001-02-17 |
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From Bob:
If sales for jan 2001 are 154 vs 105 for 2000 - the increase total presented to my office is +46% - how does that compute. Please give me the equation.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Differentiation of y = x n |
2001-02-17 |
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From Jashan:
i am studying differentation at the moment i have drawn some graphs such as y=x 2. i have found the formula for the gradient of this curve, this being 2x obtained by using differentation, but i need to know the general case for the formula where y=xn in order for me to understand this topic more throughly, i would also like to know how u derived this general formula
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A four digit number |
2001-02-17 |
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From Dean:
Need to find a 4 digit number that can be divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and will always have a remainder of 1 in the answer.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Triakis |
2001-02-17 |
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From Anne Grant:
I am a grade 8 teacher and have come across the term "Triakis" used with Tetrahedron, octahedron, and hexahedron. What does this term refer to, and what's the difference between a triakis polyhedron and one that is not? I'd also like to know what is meant by the term antiprism, as opposed to prism.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Symmetry |
2001-02-15 |
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From Sonam:
What is symmetry?
Who invented symmetry?
what are the different kinds of symmetry?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A quartic equation |
2001-02-15 |
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From George:
Let P(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d. The graph of y = P(x) is symmetric with respect to the y-axis, has a relative max. at (0,1) and has an absolute min. at (q, -3) a) determine the values for a, b c, and d using these values, write an equation for P(x)
b) find all possible values for q.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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A four dimensional object |
2001-02-14 |
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From A student:
Can you give me some examples of a four dimensional object you can find around your house?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Linear equations |
2001-02-13 |
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From Jamie:
I have a question how do you do linear equation?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Rewrite as an addition problem and Simplify |
2001-02-13 |
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From A student:
On my homework sheet it says "Rewrite as an addition problem and Simplify" and the gives this problem "16 - 120 ="
how do i do that problem?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Boulier |
2001-02-13 |
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From Un élève:
Comment se sert-on d'un boulier (non asiatique) comportant 10 rangées de 10 boules chacune?
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Books and cars |
2001-02-13 |
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From Aquilya:
- A pile of books is 96.08cm. If each book is 0.8cm thick. How many books are in th pile?
- 2. A car travels 9.84km on 0.6 litres of petrol. How far will the car travel on 3.7 litres of petrol?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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L - R |
2001-02-12 |
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From A student:
If L = (a-b)-c and R=a- ( b-c), then L-R = ???
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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An order relation |
2001-02-12 |
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From Amy:
What is an order relation?
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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Two inequalities |
2001-02-12 |
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From A student:
If 3
Answered by Leeanne Boehm. |
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