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2009-11-20 Basic Math - completing the square in quadratic equations,cubic equations,graphs:

Hi Richard, I'm glad you asked a follow-up. Regarding "completing the squares", let me try explaining it in another way. I'll focus more on the procedure this time. If you need to understand why something

2009-11-19 Basic Math - Percentages & Fractions:

I think what we looked at last time is not unrelated to the question that you now pose. Recapping on what we have done -- previously, we considered the problem of finding a multiplicative factor (X/Y)

2009-11-19 Basic Math - cube:

Let the cube root of 5000 be x. What this means is that x*x*x = 5000. This is not a pleasant number to work out in the head. To find x, may I suggest that you compute (5000)^(1/3) on a calculator.

2009-11-19 Geometry - Trigonometry:

Symon, When looking for an angle, you need to use inverse trig operations. In this case, the angle will equal the arccosine of 6/20, or cos^(-1) 6/20. How high the ladder reaches on the building can

2009-11-19 Basic Math - Divisibility Rules:

Hi heather, 301:7 in simplest form is 43:1 or simply 43. (divide 301/7) I'm going to save myself the typing and give you a website to go to. Here is a table from the site; 2 Even (last digit