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Logan:
Every where I look, 8741805001637784992097461777389^7838464=Infinity. Now Infinity is a very large number. But it still should be larger then this. I get that it is a lot of numbers. Could someone tell me an educated guess on how many?

Hi Logan,
Infinity cannot be expressed as a number because whatever number you write down there is always a number that is bigger.
I don't know where you got your number from but calculators often throw up estimates without telling you that that is what they have done.

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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eli:
1/x-3 - x=1/2-x (this whole thing over) / x/x^2 -5x=6

Is this what you mean Eli?

140112 - Algebra fraction for Eli.JPG

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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JOHNNIE:
A=76000 P=66204 R=6.9% T=?

That looks more like a compound interest question than a statistics question to me Johnnie.
Now, I am not here just to do your homework for you.
Why don't you ask the question properly and show me what you have already done towards answering it.
I want to help you understand so tell me what it is that your do not understand.

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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carolyn.dix:
im having a lot of trouble of multiplying radicals

Hi Carolyn
sqrt3 * root3 = sqrt(3*3) = sqrt9 = 3

2sqrt6 * 7sqrt12 = 2 * 7 * sqrt6 * sqrt12 = 14 * sqrt72
but sqrt72 = sqrt(36*2) = sqrt36 * sqrt2 = 6sqrt3
so
14*sqrt72 = 14 * 6 * sqrt3 = 84sqrt3

Does that help at all.

Here's a you tube clip. It is very good!
There are heaps of you tube clips that can be of great value when you have general problems with a specific problem.
Just copy and paste it into your URL. (at the top of the page)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMam2c_eXj4

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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Chase:
-3x(2x^2-5x+4)=??

-3x(2x ²-5x+4)
will become
= -3x*2x ² -3x*-5x -3x*4
that is
= [-3x*2x ²] + [-3x*-5x] + [-3x*4]

I am assuming the main confusion is the minus signs. There are many different, yet correct, ways to think about the minus signs.
This is not quite the way I would ususally do it but I thought it might be easier to understand this way.
A +- together makes a minus, so the fact that i have added extra plus signs just doesn't matter.
After you simplify all the terms inside the square brackets then you can simply remove the brackets. They all have plus signs in front of them so it won't really change anything.
Can you finish it yourself? If not sure or you want me to check your answer post again (but show me what you have done)

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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Now fsad, thankyou for answering but what was Suzy supposed to learn from that, you didn't tell her how you did it

Suzy:
what is 2/3 of $899.00

of is multiply so it is just

2 divided by 3 multiplied by 899 =

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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guest:
sin(x)=7/13 ???

This is an inverse sine or arcsine problem because it is the angle that you need to find.
If you are using degrees, check that you calulator is in degrees mode. There will probably be a tiny little D at the top of the screen.
now
inverse sign of (7/13) is written as, sin ^-1(7/13)
(Don't confuse this with a power of -1 they are completely different, the notation is dumb, but what can you do )

Now, if you look at the sin button on your calculator it will have a little sin ^-1 written above (in colour coding) . This means that you have to press an INV or a 2nd funct button at the top of the calc to use the notation
so it's

INV SIN (7/13) = (then you might need to press the degrees minutes and seconds button to get it to display as an angle)

I hope that you got a lot out of this explanation!

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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kkkitty:
what is the square root of 36

What multiplied by itself equals 36?

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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Guest:
-15x^2-5x+9+(-6x^2)-19x-16+(-15x^2)

First i am going to use the Sup (superscript) button above the smilies so that I can read it easier.

-15x ²-5x+9+(-6x ²)-19x-16+(-15x ²)

Now I am going to take away the brackets because they are not doing anything.

= -15x ²-5x+9 +-6x ²-19x-16 +-15x ²

Now if two signs (+ or - ) are so close together that you can put a circle around them without anything else in the circle, then put circle them.
If they are both the same, ++ or -- replace them with a plus, If they are different +- or -+ replace them with a minus.
so you question becomes.

= -15x ²-5x+9 -6x ²-19x-16 -15x ²

Now collect the like terms, do you know how to do that? Remember the minus sign always belongs to the term behind it eg 6 -2x+3x = 6 + x

You can post you answer if you are not sure. Just include my last line of working so that it is easier fo me to follow

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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vicky28:
(λx^2 - x + λ^2 - 5) + (x^2 + λ^2x - 4λ)

You haven't actually said what you want, do you just want to simplify it?

(λx ² - x + λ ² - 5) + (x ² + λ ²x - 4λ)

= λx ² - x + λ ² - 5)+ x ² + λ ²x - 4λ

There are no 'like terms' so all you can do is remove the brackets.

Suggestion : questions like this are easier to read if you use the sup (superscrip) button that is located above the smilies.

Now I have a question for you, how did you include the lambda signs in the post? Do you have a special keyboard?

MelodyJan 12, 2014

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jazz:
I've tried ... I can't get to 734.
Here's the closest I got.
(100 + 3 + (75/25))*7 -7 = 735

Thanks for joining in Jazz, that is the closest I could get too!
(I am assuming that was the earlier puzzle that no one could do)
Hey Jazz, why don't you take a look at that logic puzzle (on Sporcle) that I keep sending Puzzled off to try.
It is on a puzzle post down the page.

Puzzled's one that is waiting for someone else to solve is
75,100,8,8,2,1 magic number 896

MelodyJan 12, 2014

3.5% = 3.5/100
3.5/100 * 78799.23 = 2757.97305

GuestJan 12, 2014

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I've tried ... I can't get to 734.
Here's the closest I got.
(100 + 3 + (75/25))*7 -7 = 735

GuestJan 12, 2014

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ruth:
what is ordinary notation

Thanks Jazz, that was a good explanation of scientific notation

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Hi Ruth,
Ordinary notation is just ordiary decimals and whole numbers
eg
5, 2000, 0.0034186, 0.3repeater, etc

MelodyJan 12, 2014

I don't think I've seen it called 'ordinary' notation but I think you are asking what is the difference between scientific notation and otherwise, or how you ordinarily think of numbers.

1.6*10^6 is scientific notation for the number 1600000
1.55*10^-2 is scientific notation for 0.0155

All the 10^n (ten to the power of n) just makes calculations with really big or little numbers more manageable.

GuestJan 12, 2014

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Hi Puzzled
Thanks for that input
I want you to have a go at the logic puzzle on the game site that I posted down the page a bit.
Please tell me if you can get it out.

75,100,8,8,2,1 = 764 <-- but not this one yet

8 x (75+8)+100 = 764
I got this answer quite easily, i will tell you how.
I immediately saw that 8 x 8 = 64 so I needed the 700
8 x 75 = 600 and there is the 100 sitting in the numbers not used yet
so i have
8 x 75 + 8 x 8 + 100 = 764
I can factorise out the 8 to get
8(75+8)+100 = 764
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Puzzled's one that is waiting for someone else to solve is
75,100,8,8,2,1 magic number 896

MelodyJan 12, 2014

Dee, There are some holes in your question, which makes it a bit tricky to answer ... 40 square feet is definitely an area but you are probably going to have to cut tiles so having more detail on your area might help (eg. maybe splashback 5 tiles high). You gave dimensions for tiles as 10 by 28. 10 by 28 what? If I assume inches then area of a tile is 280square inches. Total area is 40 square feet = 230400 square inches. 230400/280 = 822.9 ... so possibly you need at least 823 tiles

GuestJan 12, 2014

Jan 11, 2014

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Here are the puzzles
They both have the same numbers, but with two different magic numbers

75,100,8,8,2,1 = 896 <-- I found the answer for this one
75,100,8,8,2,1 = 764 <-- but not this one yet

PuzzledJan 11, 2014

GuestJan 11, 2014

"The bag contains 8 red,16 blue and 12 yellow b***s" so 36 b***s in total (8+16+12=36), 16 of them are blue.
"the PROPORTION of b***s that are blue" is: number of blue b***s(16) / number of b***s(36)=4/9

GuestJan 11, 2014

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Mizzi:
h,2h-k,3h-2k,.....until 15 first term

I assume you want to find the sum to 15 term.

Hi mizzi,
You have 2 series here
the first is h, 2h, 3h, .......15h
the second is 0, -k, -2k, ..........-14k

you find the sum of the first series and find the sum of the second series (using the formulas). Then add the two answers together.

MelodyJan 11, 2014

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hi all,
I've just bumped this one up because I want to show a friend.

MelodyJan 11, 2014

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+31

That appears to be it for the day.
Helpers and 'joiners' for today were Lil_Rosey, cbaa2, PuffyJon, djr56 and Kitty<3.
Thanks guys

MelodyJan 11, 2014

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Hi I just wanted to bump this one up.

I was mainly thinking Puzzled.

Among many other activities there are lots of maths games.
Some are easy.
But there are also some quite difficult logic puzzles. The maths isn't hard but the logic is quite challenging.
If you try the site why don't you let us know what games you tried and whether you liked it or not.

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This one is primarily intended for Puzzled, I'm sure some others might be interested too.
Let me know how you go.
This is a difficult logic game if you want to really test yourself.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Buckler/hardest-logic-puzzle-ever

MelodyJan 11, 2014

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MartyBob47:
:shock: No, really ... all I want is a simple calculator! That's enuff fur me!! Do you have one I can download? Help? Thanks! Martin R. Flick

I am sorry Marty, we are separate from the main site. I have never seen a downloadable calculator here but there might be one, I don't know.

MelodyJan 11, 2014

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