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Power notation |
2020-04-26 |
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From Aditi:
The power notation of -1 / 128
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Why is a square a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square? |
2020-04-15 |
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From A parent:
Why is a square a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square? Explain your answer.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A function problem |
2019-12-12 |
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From akash:
if (2,1) is on the f(x), what is the coordinate of the corresponding point of -2(f(2x-6)+5?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Sigma notation |
2019-12-04 |
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From Kenneth:
What would be used for the top and bottom indices for the sigma sign in my example shown below?
If the amounts were 1 + 2 + 3, the top index would be 3 and the bottom would be i = 1, but if the amounts are 1 + 2 + 4, or 1 + 0.05 + 1/3, what would the indices be since these amounts are in an uneven pattern.
I thank you for your reply and explanation
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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f(x + 2) |
2019-02-26 |
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From a student:
How do you use f(x) = 3x+1 to determine the transformed function of f(x + 2)?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Function notation |
2019-02-10 |
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From Paige:
What is the difference between f(x+2) and f(x)+2?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A function which is onto but not one-to-one |
2017-04-16 |
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From Avinash:
Define a function f(x):N-->N which is onto but not one-one.Where N is set of natural numbers.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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I was wondering what xy means. |
2015-09-30 |
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From Eric:
I was wondering what xy means. My two things I think it means are the two digits of x and y or x times y. thanks for your time,
Eric
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Why is the area of square not conserved when it changes to a rhombus? |
2015-06-28 |
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From shubham:
Why is the area of square not conserved when it changes to a rhombus, both have equal sides still rhombus have less area than square.??
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The number of possible musical notes using an n-key instrument |
2015-05-04 |
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From Farihin:
Lets say that i have keys, and each key is for notes of a musical instrument,
So i wanted to find out the number of notes i can get for a certain number keys,
of course in the form of an equation. Notes can use as many keys, it can use 1, or 2, or 3, or even 100.
Notes in real life is not as such, but ignore reality.
I tried doing this but i can't seem to find a formula for it.
For example, i have 4 keys, say A, B, C, and D.
so, for notes that uses one key are 4, which is A, B, C, and D themselves.
for notes that uses two keys are 6,
AB, AC, AD, BC, BD and CD.
for notes that uses three keys are 4,
ABC, ABD, ACD and BCD.
lastly for notes that uses all four keys is 1, ABCD.
So, the total will be 4+6+4+1=15#
The nth term for the first equation is n, the second is [(n^2)-n]/2
the third and the fourth, i don't know but the final answer should be like,
n + [(n^2)-n]/2 + [3rd] + [4th]
Sorry for the long question though...
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential notation |
2014-11-27 |
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From Jaqui:
May sound super easy, but how would you SHOW that you simplified
3x3 to the power of 2 (the little 2)?
thank you!
Jaqui
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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What does y= f(x) actually mean? |
2013-12-31 |
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From John:
I don't understand how to pick coordinates for y=f(x).
I took a look at your answer to a previous question here:
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.00/monica2.html
What does y= f(x) actually mean?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Matrices |
2013-11-10 |
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From Ricky:
Why must we have brackets around matrices. Why don't we just neatly write an array of entries cross-wise and up and down to indicate a particular matrix?
Answered by Chris Fisher. |
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Notation for the second derivative |
2012-02-06 |
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From Shafira:
In all math textbooks, it is written that d/dx ( d/dx) (y)= d2y/dx2. Why do they write it as d2y/dx2, not as d2y/d2x2?
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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What does 2xy mean? |
2011-12-07 |
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From dana:
I don't know what is 2xy what does that mean? is it 2x+2y or 2x times y
Please help! thank you for your time!! :)
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form? |
2011-08-30 |
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From Emily:
I have a 6th grader that needs to find out what is the exponential form of 461,885,811
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2011-08-23 |
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From kiara:
The African bush elephant is the largest land animal and
weighs about 8 tons . Write the amount in exponential form .
Answered by Robert Dawson. |
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Set notation |
2011-01-10 |
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From Ron:
The question asked in a handout:
8k - 5 < 35, keI
I believe the answer to k is 5. But what does the k e(E) I mean in this?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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What is the average speed? |
2010-09-21 |
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From Cindy:
A boat travels downstream m nautical miles at d knots. It travels upstream m nautical miles at u knots. What is the average speed for the entire trip?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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(x+1)(x+2)(x+3)/(x+1)(x+2) |
2010-05-19 |
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From Nazrul:
Simplify : (x+1)(x+2)(x+3)/(x+1)(x+2)
Which answer is correct:
(i) x+3
(ii) (x+2)^2(x+3)
Please help me.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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divide the product of 'x' and '3y' by '2z' |
2010-01-19 |
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From shradheya:
write all fall using variable ,number, and basic operation
1. divide the product of 'x' and '3y' by '2z'.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2009-08-31 |
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From cecil:
what is the exponent form 564000?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston. |
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The area of a rectangle |
2009-08-21 |
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From roxanne:
the dimensions of the rectangle: 3x length and 4x width. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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2+6+12+20+30+42 |
2009-04-24 |
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From fredy:
what is the sigma notation for the series 2+6+12+20+30+42?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. |
2008-08-03 |
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From Peter:
I am preparing for a competition and a lot of the non-calculator problems are like find the product of 2^35 and 5^38 in sci. notation. How would you do that?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Sum of Digits |
2008-07-24 |
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From Warren:
If 100^25-25 is written in decimal notation, what is the sum of digits?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A tangent to a curve through a point not on the curve |
2008-07-23 |
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From Carter:
How does one find the tangent points on a curve, given only the curve's function
and the x-intercept of that tangent line?
i.e. Find the point(s) on the curve y = -(x^2) + 1, where the tangent line passes
through the point (2, 0).
I know that there will be two such points, one where y is very close to 1, and the
other point where y is a large negative number. However, I do not recall how to
figure out the tangent line equation given a single intercept and solving to find the
tangent points.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2008-07-03 |
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From Kent:
How to write 8 365 005 106 in expanded and exponential form? May I request you also to explane how does it solve.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Scientific notation |
2008-06-11 |
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From ASTRID:
how can you solve the following problem...
the mean distance between the sun & plut0 is about 3,700,000,000
miles. write this distance in scientific notation?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Sigma notation |
2008-01-06 |
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From jamelia:
what is this word problem in sigma style i am so lost at this point my first time ever attempting this subject
1+2+3+4+5
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2007-11-30 |
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From Sasha:
How do I write the number 127398 in exponential for?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form: x^y |
2007-06-22 |
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From Kishor:
whats the easy way to calculate X raised to Y where y is much greater than x.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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A thousand, is it M or K? |
2007-05-01 |
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From Larry:
I have heard that Million is annotated as MM. But Ihave heard two answers for Thousands (K, M). Which is correct?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Scientific notation |
2007-04-17 |
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From Cynthia:
Hi I was wondering if their was a shorter way to figure out this problem...
The answer has to be in scientific notation.
A machine in a soft drink bottling factory caps 3 bottles per second.
How many bottles can it cap in 15 hours?
3,600 (forgot how I got that) multiplied by 15= 54,000
54,000 multiplied by 3 = 16,2000
answer 1.6times 10^5
Answered by Stephen La Rocque. |
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Scientific notation |
2007-03-05 |
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From mackenzie:
How would you answer this question? Write 0.000661 in scientific notation?
Answered by Sara Ulmer. |
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y = 5 x - 3 |
2007-01-10 |
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From Richard:
Question is the function y = 5 x - 3 for the given value of x 7 , 1 or 4
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom. |
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Sigma notation |
2006-12-05 |
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From Marie:
how do i get this in sigma notation...i only need an explanation 1^2 + (2+3)^2 + (4+5+6)^2 + (7+8+9+10)^2....
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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100, 000 or 100 000 |
2005-11-21 |
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From Jacqui:
I am a parent of a grade 6 student and need to confirm that commas are no longer used when writing numbers (the Canadian method). For example, how do you write one hundred thousand? 100, 000 or 100 000
Answered by Diane Hanson and Harley Weston. |
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The series from i=1 to n :ai |
2004-08-18 |
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From Ken:
a.) Explain the difference between
the series from i=1 to n :ai
and the series j=1 to n :aj
b.) Explain the difference between
the series from i=1 to n:ai
and the series from i=1 to n :aj
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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When is the limit of f(x) undefined? |
2004-08-03 |
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From Nicolasa:
When is the limit of f(x) undefined?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The horizontal fraction bar |
2004-05-27 |
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From Kashia:
What is the name of the bar that separates a numerator and that denominator?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Notation |
2003-09-15 |
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From Kim:
Question:
i have a couple of questions 1. write in standard form
a)4x2x8 b) 5 to the power of 4 .
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Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Scientific notation |
2003-03-20 |
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From A student:
what is one millionth times one thousand in scientific notation.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A rope trick |
2002-12-05 |
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From Jerry:
My name is Jerry and I am a math teacher at the secondary school level in the greater Toronto area. I posed the following problem to my enriched grade 10 math class that I found in the book called "Mathematics and the Imagination" by William Kastner. According to the author, it is posible for two people linked to each other with two ropes around their hands, to separate themselves without letting go of the rope. The students had lots of fun trying to accomplish this problem using skipping ropes from the Phys Ed department, but with no success.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential notation |
2002-10-19 |
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From Ivy:
I understand how to figure out for example 4 to the power of 3,what I don't understand is how to figure it out using both negative numbers and negative exponents,as an exaple -4 to the power of 6 and what makes this different that (-5) to the power of 7,please help me if you can.I am an adult taking correspondence and finding it quite frustrating.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Inequalities |
2001-11-13 |
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From Pat:
When writing the solution to an inequality, why is the solution written in set notation? {x/ }
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Exponential form |
2001-06-06 |
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From A student:
Hello can u please answer my question what is the exponent form of 8x8x8x8
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Repeating decimal notation |
2000-12-31 |
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From Clarende Duby:
I have seen single repeating decimals for ex. 1/3 = 0.3 with the dot above the 3 to represent the repeating decimal. Then, there is the more common form of the bar over the top of the repeating number or group of numbers (called the period?). Which notation is correct?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Scientific notation |
2000-12-12 |
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From Guy:
How do I express 1.000.000 in scientific notation?
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Notation |
1999-09-03 |
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From Judy Gray:
My name is Judy Gray. I guess the level on this would be about middle school, and I am an other!! I've been out of school for alot of years. I have a couple of questions, I guess. - What does an equal (=) with a slash through it mean? I put intersects, but I think I'm wrong.
- What is the symbol of a small n? Only the symbol is wider. Example: If A = {1.2} B = {2,3} then what is A (n) B? Can you make sense out of that?
- What is the equation of the y-axis?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Scientific Notation |
1998-10-07 |
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From R. Pierce:
Help! How do you express the following numbers in scientific(exponential)notation:0.00036 and 2998000000. I understand how to solve them if it was an equation, but this is confusing me. Please help me answer my questions. Thank you.
Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Repeating decimals |
1996-09-09 |
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From Alice:
What is the line called that is placed over the decimal to show that it is infinitely repeating?
Answered by The Centralizer. |
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La valeur absolue |
2008-02-09 |
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From Elodie:
que signifie la notation x entre 2 traits verticaux?
Answered by Claude Tardif. |
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