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    JeffM replied to the thread Checking for radical equation.
    One of the difficulties in learning mathematics is that the student must learn the technical meanings of a number of words that are very...
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    Jose Z replied to the thread learning sequence to follow.
    Hi The Highlander, Happy New Year! Thank you for taking the valuable time to answer my question. The examples are both illustrative...
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    fresh_42 replied to the thread learning sequence to follow.
    I recommend Open Stax from Rice University. https://openstax.org/subjects These are books that intend to bridge the gap between the...
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    fresh_42 replied to the thread Mathematical thinking or gene?.
    The best book to learn mathematical thinking is a mathematics textbook. If you start with an introductory book on number theory or...
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    JeffM reacted to a2+b2=c2's post in the thread bad moderating! with Like Like.
    I have been on this website for about and week and on my FIRST day I have posted a message which was very helpful and in no way...
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    jonah2.0 reacted to The Highlander's post in the thread learning sequence to follow with Like Like.
    If you are going to be working on Trigonometry problems then these results are also important to know... See if you can successfully...
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    The Highlander replied to the thread learning sequence to follow.
    If you are going to be working on Trigonometry problems then these results are also important to know... See if you can successfully...
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    The Highlander replied to the thread learning sequence to follow.
    Hi @Jose Z Welcome to freeMATHhelp. (And a Happy New Year to all members!) Sine and Cosine (and Tangent) are all RATIOS. Here is a...
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    Jose Z posted the thread Mathematical thinking or gene? in Math Odds & Ends.
    What's the best math literature to read, whether fiction or non-fiction, for cultivating mathematical thinking? I have reserved "The...
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    Jose Z posted the thread learning sequence to follow in Intermediate/Advanced Algebra.
    Currently, I am reviewing algebra. I have forgotten what sine and cosine are, even though I took a few math courses in school. I wonder...
  • Dr.Peterson
    Dr.Peterson replied to the thread Checking for radical equation.
    Yes, that is a big part of what was wrong with that. But you didn't just say that the equation is a function, but that something is a...
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    mrtwhs replied to the thread Checking for radical equation.
    It does not. Do you mean the function f(x)=\sqrt{x^2-2x+4} or the function f(x)=x ? These are two totally different functions. I...
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    askan replied to the thread Checking for radical equation.
    If I am understanding you correctly, functions are only equal to mathematical expressions e.g. 4x, 2(x-1), not equations. So function of...
  • Dr.Peterson
    Dr.Peterson replied to the thread Checking for radical equation.
    Part of the trouble here is that you are using words incorrectly. I don't know what the bold phrase is intended to mean, but it is not...
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    askan reacted to fresh_42's post in the thread Hello world :) with Haha Haha.
    The funniest equation I ever saw was 2^n+7^n+8^n+18^n+19^n+24^n=3^n+4^n+12^n+14^n+22^n+23^n \text{ for } n =0,1,...,5 But back to...
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