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	Area of irregular surfaces		2007-05-09
		From Dustan: I am working on a way to compute very accurate areas for irregular surfaces by using the idea of a largest possible circle... Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A functional equation		2002-10-14
		From Rob: Let f be a function whose domain is a set of all positive integers and whose range is a subset of the set of all positive integers with these conditions: a) f(n+1)>f(n) b) f(f(n))=3(n) Answered by Claude Tardif.
	2=the square root of (2 + the square root of (2 + the square root of (2 +...)))		2001-11-05
		From Cynthia: justify algebreically, that: 2=the square root of 2 + the square root of 2 + the square root of 2 + the square root of 2 + the square root of 2 + and so on, ....... Answered by Penny Nom.
	Population growth		2001-05-01
		From Gina: Suppose the population of a country increases at a steady rate of 3% a year. If the population is 50 million at a certain time, what will it be 25 years later? Define the recurrence relation that solves this problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A sequence defined recursively		2001-05-01
		From A student: A sequence s is defined recursively as follows: s0=1 s1=2 sk=2sk-2 for all integers - Compute s2,s3,s4... to guess an explicit formula for the sequence sk. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A sequence of even terms		2001-04-29
		From A student: A sequence c is defined recursively as follows: c0 = 2 c1 = 4 c2 = 6 ck= 5ck-3 for all integers Prove that cn is even for all integers. Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom.
	Cutting a Pizza		1998-09-09
		From Woody: what is the greatest number of pieces of pizza you can form if you use five straight cuts to cut the pizza? answer given is 16. please draw a diagram of the answer. thanks, woody Answered by Penny Nom.

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