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#76 2010-01-23 02:36:18
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Hi Bobby,
Not close.
Is close?
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#77 2010-01-23 04:41:55
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bobbym wrote:
Prove that:
Are you sure the equation is correct, Bobby? I tried s=7, and that ended up way off.
But I probably don't understand the question.
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#78 2010-01-23 11:12:56
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It only works when |s| < 1. Otherwise the right hand side doesn't converge.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#79 2010-01-23 12:26:17
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Hi phrontister;
You are closer, but more than 200 away. As for the series, yes as mathysyperson points out. (-1,1) is the interval of convergence.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#80 2010-01-23 13:35:07
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bobbym wrote:
You are closer, but more than 200 away.
How about ?
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#81 2010-01-23 13:38:31
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Hi phrontister;
Closer but still a ways off.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#82 2010-01-23 13:39:51
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Grumble! 
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#83 2010-01-23 15:32:37
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Hope is the closest yet!
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#84 2010-01-23 15:40:26
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Hi;
That is the closest yet, but not dangerously close.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#85 2010-01-23 17:06:23
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Hi;
Problem #18:
Find n which is greater than 1, so that the average of
is a perfect square. Can you get a general solution?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#86 2010-01-24 01:46:44
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bobbym wrote:
That is the closest yet, but not dangerously close.
I'm beginning to feel dangerous...I think!
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#87 2010-01-24 12:35:28
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Hi phrontister;
That is closer, but...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#88 2010-01-24 20:36:10
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A tough one;
Problem #19:
Two random numbers a,b are drawn from (0,1) and added to form c.
a + b = c.
a,b,c are then rounded to the nearest integer and called A,B,C respectively.
What is the probabilty that A + B = C?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#89 2010-01-31 02:58:33
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bobbym wrote:
That is closer, but...
Is getting warmer, Bobby?
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#90 2010-01-31 14:18:54
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Hi phrontister;
Bingo, good work!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#91 2010-02-01 00:32:43
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Bingo, good work!
How did you do it, Bobby?
My first attempt was For/Next loops in BASIC (the only programming language I know a little about), but I kept on overlooking something. Then I saw that I could solve the puzzle in Excel, but I didn't think and threw my BASIC work away...and now I wish I hadn't.
I wondered also if it could somehow be done with permutations, but I know nothing about that subject.
My spreadsheet
EDIT: There was a typo in my spreadsheet formulas...now corrected. Sorry!
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#92 2010-02-01 10:48:53
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Hi Bobby,
I don't know if you've tried my spreadsheet formulas, but I made a typo yesterday. I corrected it just a few minutes ago. Sorry 'bout that, if you've wasted some time on it!
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#93 2010-02-01 11:15:03
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Hi phrontister;
Not yet, I have been trying to reconstruct my solution.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#94 2010-02-01 15:13:05
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Hi
Problem #20:
This one is easy:
An owl is perched on the top of a pole which is 9 ft high.. A gopher, 27 ft away is making a mad dash to its hole at the base of the pole. The owl pounces on the gopher. If their velocities are the same what distance from his hole is the gopher caught?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#95 2010-02-01 17:37:10
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Hi Bobby,
The gopher is caught 12 feet short of his hole.
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#96 2010-02-01 17:43:46
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Hi phrontister;
That's correct! Do you have an interesting method of solution? Hide it when you post it.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#97 2010-02-01 19:18:42
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Hi Bobby,
Do you have an interesting method of solution?
Not really... is what I did.
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#98 2010-02-02 01:45:18
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Hi phrontister;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#99 2010-02-02 02:02:58
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Hi Bobby,
Yes...that's a very nice, logical answer. Done the proper way, I think.
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#100 2010-02-02 03:06:28
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Actually, nothing proper about it at all. Your method using interval bisection is what I wanted to use, I was quite unhappy when I found there was an algebraic way to do it. On another forum a bunch of academicians are pounding my type for finding other ways to do things. I am heavily outnumbered over there and in a rebellious frame of mind so I would have loved to have used your method.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.