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The automatic moderator uses a weighted probability calculation to determine the relative percentage of stupid compared to the average for stupid posts. If the weight of the post exceeds the moving -average by more than half of a standard deviation then the post is set to invisible.  There is also a hard limit to keep the relative stupidity from going too high. Still, the changing baseline now allows some of the dumbest posts to avoid auto moderation.

The weighted probability calculation estimates the poster’s percentages of counterintelligence in several categories.  These categories include idiot, imbecile, moron, and amentis Meliusculus arbitrium moronicus. The category, amentis Meliusculus arbitrium moronicus, is a measure of a poster’s ability to present superior bullshit. In other words, it is pure bullshit, but presented with erudite authority, giving the illusion of informed, accurate intelligence, when, in fact, the offered information is blatantly false.  Jfan17 used this technique above, on this thread:   

I think this error might just be occurring with you; it's most likely client-sided, and not server-sided as a whole.

Here the implication is it’s a client-side (computer) error instead of a server-side (computer) error.  The auto-moderator’s hiding of a post has nothing to do with a client-side computer, but it very much has to do with the client-side computer’s operators. Though limited, the algorithms usually work well: Reading AsadRehman posts, it’s easy to tell he’s on the imbecile side of moron, and a few fries short of a happy meal.

Despite the obvious BS, Jfan17’s post passed the amentis Meliusculus arbitrium moronicus test, probably because the moving average jumped a few points after AsadRehman posts.  Jfan is not a few fries short of a happy meal, but maybe she’s a few fries short of happy. 

The dumbness on this forum can be overwhelming and depressing. It’s given me hives, and my fur is falling out. 

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I think the answer is wrong

Can you include a picture or give a fuller description?

Urn 1 has 6 red balls and 2 black balls (total = 8 balls)

--  the probability of drawing a red ball from this urn is 6/8.

Urn 2 has 2 red balls and 2 black balls (total = 4 balls)

--  the probability of drawing a red ball from this urn is 2/4.

Urn 3 has 5 red balls and 2 black balls (total = 7 balls)

--  the probability of drawing a red ball from this urn is 5/7.

Since an urn is selected at random, the probability of drawing each urn is 1/3.

To find the final probability of selecting a red ball: for each urn -- multiply the probability of drawing an urn

times the probability of drawing a red ball from that urn, and add these three answers together.

Total proability:  (1/3)(6/8) + (1/3)(2/4) + (1/3)(5/7)  =  0.655

good ol addition will help

(btw this is my 200th answer)

I try the link it did not work.

Since ABC is a right triangle, use the Pythagorean Theorem:

            (r + 12)²  =  r² + 36² 

   r² + 24r + 144  =  r² + 1296

                     24r  =  1152

                         r  =  48

Thank you.  That is good informations to know about. 

The rate of change of a linear function is its slope; therefore, the rate of change of

f(x)  =  -5x + 9  is  -5.

If  f(x)  =  x⁴ - 3x² + 2  and  g(x)  =  2x⁴ - 6x² + 2x - 1.

If you create the function  c·g(x)  and let  c = -½  then  c·g(x)  =  -½( 2x⁴ - 6x² + 2x - 1 )

                                                                                                  =  - x⁴ + 3x² - x + ½

f(x) + c·g(x)  now is  (x⁴ - 3x² + 2) + (- x⁴ + 3x² - x + ½)  =  2 - x + ½  =  -x + 2½

and has degree 1.

thaaaank u

If  g(x)  =  4 - x²,

then  g( g(x) )  =  4 - (4 - x²)²  =  4 - (16 - 8x² + x⁴)  =  4 - 16 + 8x² - x⁴  =  -12 + 8x² - x⁴

I don't know what the "5x - 2" refers to ...

My guess is n = 223

             n + 1  =  224  divisible by both 4 and 16

              n + 2  =  225  divisible by both 9 and 25

THANKS! 

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Its just latex lol

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sorry, but the answer is wrong. :(

A sand box with dimenstion 9' by 6' contains 54 square feet.

If it costs $228.00 to fill this sandbox, it will cost $228.00 / 54 square feet  =  $4.22 per square foot.

A sandbox with dimensiotns 13½' by 8' will contain 108 square feet.

At $4.22 per square foot, it will cost 108 x $4.22  =  $455.76  (or $456, if you use the cost per square foot 

to be $4.222222222).

It is probably happening because you are posting links.

Links to other web sites usually have to be checked by a moderator.

Otherwise, people, in particular, children, could be taken somewhere undesirable.

thanks

A degree of a term is the number of variables in that term (or, if it has only one variable, the exponent of that variable).

Example:  x⁴ is of degree 4 because it contains 4 variables (the variable x four times)

                -3x² is of degree 2 because it contains 2 variables (the variable x twice); the constant in front has no bearing

                        upon the degree of the term (unless the constant is zero)

                 2 (actually, every constant) is of degree zero because it contains no variables

The degree of a polynomial is the largest degree of each of its terms.

Example:  f(x)  =  x⁴ - 3x² + 2

     has three terms:  x⁴ (which is of degree 4;  -3x² (which is of degree 2);  and  2 (which is of degree 0)

     choose the term with the highest degree (x⁴) -- so the degree of this function is 4

     the other terms have no effect upon this choice.

Problem #1:  f(x)  =  x⁴ - 3x² + 2  is of degree 4

                     g(x) = 2x⁴ - 6x² + 2x -1 is of degree 2

     Multiplying g(x) by a constant won't introduce any new variables, so the degree of f(x) + a·g(x)

     won't be larger than the degree of f(x) + g(x)  and  f(x) + g(x)  =  (x⁴ - 3x² + 2) + (2x⁴ - 6x² + 2x -1) 

       =  3x⁴ - 3x² - 2x + 1  (which is of degree 4).

     However, it could be smaller  -- if a = -½, then the x⁴ term would cancel ...

Problem #2:  I don't understand "b\cdot g(x)"

Problem #3: the degree of f(x) * g(x) can be found by multiplying the two functions together.

     Since we want to find the degree of the largest degree term, all we need to do is to multiply the term

     of f(x) with the highest degree times the term of g(x) with the highest degree:

         x⁴ · 2x⁴  =  2x⁸  --  so we now have a function of degree 8.

     If you multiply all of the terms of both functions, there won't be any term with a degree higher than 8.

Problem #4:  If p(x) has degree 11 and q(x) has degree 7, there will be only one possible degree of

     p(x) + q(x); it will always be 11.

Width goes from   2    to    3.5    scale factor   1.75

3 x 1.75 = 5.25      length must increase from  3   to  5.25      2.25 m increase