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#1 2012-10-30 10:28:39
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Quadratic Equations in the Real World
New page: Quadratic Equations in the Real World
How is it?
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#2 2012-10-30 10:40:00
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Hi MIF
I love it. It has many methods for solving quadratics and applied to real world examples.
Btw, the -9.3 next to the graph for the steel frame problem split into to lines so it looks like the solutions are 9.3 and 0.8. Also, some fractions down at the resistor problem look rather odd...
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#3 2012-10-30 10:42:22
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Hi MIF;
A lot to cover there but very well done.
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.
#4 2012-10-30 19:00:55
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hi MathsIsFun,
Another excellent page. I hadn't looked at the quadratic solver and grapher before but this page led me to them. I just love these interactive features. 
Bob
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#5 2012-10-30 20:11:06
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Hi MathsIsFun,
Excellent page. Loved it. Thanks!
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#6 2012-10-30 21:24:56
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Thanks guys
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#7 2012-11-05 18:33:16
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Sorry, I'm actually quite tired, but I kind of forced myself to read through the whole thing. At first I was confused because for some odd reason, I was thinking the whole thing was talking about matrices (I honestly have no idea why I was thinking that); but after figuring it out, I find this thing quite interesting. I don't know if I have ever really tried applying quadratic equations to the real world like that, but now I see it done and was like, well, I'm not quite sure how else to put it, interesting. I'm sure others will find this useful.
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#8 2012-11-06 00:44:27
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anonimnystefy wrote:
Hi MIF
I love it. It has many methods for solving quadratics and applied to real world examples.
Btw, the -9.3 next to the graph for the steel frame problem split into to lines so it looks like the solutions are 9.3 and 0.8. Also, some fractions down at the resistor problem look rather odd...
Good thing that nobody read this!
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#9 2012-11-06 02:34:05
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I did. Didn't want to admit I hadn't a clue what you meant. Still don't.
Bob
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#10 2012-11-06 02:37:30
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Look at the graph for the steel frame problem. In the text next to it, the "-9.3" split into two lines so it looks like:
"blahblah, something -
9.3 blahblah something"
It might be mistaken for 9.3 which is not a solution...
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#11 2012-11-06 02:45:21
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MIF must have changed it as it is OK now.
So he took your advice.
Bob
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#12 2012-11-06 02:49:33
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When I opened it today it was still the same... Sorry about that then.
But there are still the fractions at the resistor problem which look a little odd to me. How do they look to you? My phone might have a strange formatting that causes that...
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#13 2012-11-06 04:10:39
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It all looks ok with IE9. Gosh that's a first Mr G !
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#14 2012-11-06 18:08:05
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Yeah, I don't remember seeing that either the page either, but if it's changed now, that might have been why. If not, it was probably because I was really tired yesterday. I had read what you wrote, but I didn't personally notice it...
Life isn’t a simple Math: there are always other variables. -[unknown]
But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end. -Aristotle