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#3251 Maths Is Fun - Suggestions and Comments » Rounding numbers in recent additions » 2006-02-05 09:28:27

John E. Franklin
Replies: 3

In "recent additions", I read about "rounding numbers".
The only word I would change is the one that says,
"it is all about fairness", when talking about why
the digit 5 is rounded up.  I think it would be more
fair to say it is typically agreed upon that 5 should
round up.  There are some times when 5 may round
down, but this is not the normal way to do it.

Finally, 5 is exactly halfway, so there is no fairness.
Teams with an unfair zero on a team is not fair.

Sorry we already talked about this before, but I couldn't resist mentioning it again.

#3252 Maths Is Fun - Suggestions and Comments » Is Braille Translator accessible from Home page? » 2006-02-05 05:19:41

John E. Franklin
Replies: 1

I was trying to find out how to get to the Braille translator from the
home page of mathisfun.  It's not under miscellaneous.
Is it hooked up yet?

#3253 Re: Help Me ! » A problem!!!! » 2006-02-05 05:11:08

I think that the wiper blade is centered on the end of the arm, so when vertical, then 40 minus 30/2 is exposed of the arm, not 40 minus 30.  Why would you hold the wiper at the bottom?

#3254 Re: This is Cool » a program that searches for values of pi » 2006-02-05 05:06:57

Wow, that Mathematica is really something!  How long did it take Mathematica to compute those 100 answers?

#3255 Re: Help Me ! » A problem!!!! » 2006-02-04 17:24:32

Is the wiper blade centered on the end of the wiper arm?

#3256 Re: Help Me ! » matrices » 2006-02-04 09:01:12

What does "ifi i3" mean?

#3257 Re: Help Me ! » Complex Numbers » 2006-02-04 09:00:06

the 8N can be broken down into x and y components, so can the 7N.
Then just add x components together.
And add y components together.
Use trig to do this.
For 8N:     8 cos(180 + 45) is the x-components   and  8 sin(180+45) is the y-component
Angles are measured from the x-axis going counter clockwise.

#3258 Re: This is Cool » what is discrete math? » 2006-02-04 03:24:29

Also on the topic of discrete math for electronics is Karnaugh mapping created in 1950's.
And Logic Circuit Minimization.

#3259 Re: Help Me ! » volume of cone proving » 2006-01-26 15:44:52

T h e   L a T e X   t a g    i s    [ m a t h ]Equation here.[ / m a t h ].

#3260 Re: Maths Is Fun - Suggestions and Comments » Can we reach for the stars? » 2006-01-25 01:35:28

justforthemoment,  d5 means a dot a position # 5.
The six positions are numbered:
1 4
2 5
3 6
Also, the word "here" is apparently the "h" preceded by
the 5 dot or d5.
One I recall from studying is "mother" and "work", which are
d5  m and d5 w, respectively.
If no d5 is before a w by itself, it might be "will". 
I should review them all.
This is really terrific what Rod has created!
I am very happy about it!!

#3261 Re: This is Cool » Implicit Graphs » 2006-01-21 04:06:26

What is the simplest fractal someone has ever heard of that might help me understand?   Is it an equation or a complete algorithm to describe the 2-D picture?    Is it still a fractal if rounding errors occur within the numerical processes?

#3262 Help Me ! » Inverse Hyperbolic Functions » 2006-01-21 03:47:30

John E. Franklin
Replies: 0

--Hyperbolic Arcsin
Is arcsinh(x) = ln(x+sqrt(x*x+1.0)) ?
Found this on Euphoria programming forum.

Also found these:
     Hyperbolic Arctan(x)
     ln((1.0+x)/(1.0-x))/2.0

  arccosh(x)
  ln(x+sqrt(x*x-1.0))

#3263 Re: Help Me ! » fractions » 2006-01-20 06:33:12

Now let's do 3 over 7 as a percent.
Use long hand division to divide
3 by 7 shown below.
So 0.4285 becomes
     042.85 when move decimal to the right two spots.
       42.85%  Yeah!!

          0 . 4 2 8 5 etc...
        ____________________________
     7 ) 3 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
          0
        ___  
          3   0
          2   8
         _____
               2 0
               1 4
              ____
                  6 0
                  5 6
                 ____
                     4 0

The dividing keeps going, but I decided
to stop because we went far enough
to be a little accurate.

#3264 Re: Help Me ! » fractions » 2006-01-20 06:21:58

Let's do an easy one.
What is the number 2 in percent.
2 is 2.000000, so move the decimal point
over to the right by two spots.
2.00000000000 becomes 200.0000000000000000000000
So the answer is 200 percent.
2 is 200 percent.
Always move the decimal place over rightward 2 spots.

#3265 Re: Help Me ! » Need help with problem » 2006-01-18 20:40:24

Note that the only real slope I know is that the
jogging line has slope .6, which is analagous to
6mph, and the bike has slope -.8, which goes with
-8mph.  The other two, Jack and Jill, I am
simply guessing around 7.7 and 7.0 mph, respectively.
I assume Jack and Jill leave at same time, so those
lines go thru origin not shown on graph.

#3266 Re: Help Me ! » Need help with problem » 2006-01-18 20:36:35

I can't figure this out, but here is a graph
that makes some progress on the
problem.

#3267 Re: Help Me ! » Need help with problem » 2006-01-18 18:39:34

So Jack and Jill walk faster than a jogger.  I've seen some slow joggers before.  Actually, I'm one of them, on occasion.

#3268 Re: This is Cool » Implicit Graphs » 2006-01-18 18:30:44

I tried graphing cos(xy), sin(xy), and tan(xy), but
my curves were very predictable curves with no
zig zagging.   Maybe by zooming way in, you are
showing graphs with rounding errors?
What are fractals?

#3269 Re: Help Me ! » A really obvious but interesting question » 2006-01-17 06:14:00

4/9 divided by 1/2

4 divided by 1 is 4 on top.
9 divided by 2 is 4 and a half on bottom.

Hence 40/45

#3270 Re: Maths Is Fun - Suggestions and Comments » Can we reach for the stars? » 2006-01-17 06:04:26

I'm not getting the one character codes for those common words like
for, which is all 6 dots I think.  I am getting like mathsyperson.
Are we running an older version of the code?  It says 98% accuracy.
Can you add a version # if that could be it?

#3271 Re: Help Me ! » calculus, volume » 2006-01-13 17:00:42

No problem.  This is all fairly new to me, but hopefully someone can
show how to integrate without the table.

#3272 Re: Help Me ! » calculus, volume » 2006-01-13 16:54:22

For each microscopic y position, imagine a thin disc
that goes around the y-axis, so the discs are all
stacked up like coins if y is up and x is to the right.

#3273 Re: Help Me ! » calculus, volume » 2006-01-13 16:51:12

I am integrating along the y-axis, not the x-axis.

#3274 Re: Help Me ! » calculus, volume » 2006-01-13 16:50:01

Click on graph to make bigger.

#3275 Re: Help Me ! » calculus, volume » 2006-01-13 16:18:43

y = ln x



Draw a graph and note are going to integrate from
y = 0 to y = 1.

because of pi r^2 for area.  (disk method, might be called)

From an integral table:


Great answer, but I wish I knew how to
do the integral without the table lookup.

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