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    Try to solve this math riddle!?

    The tip of a blade on an electric fan is 1.5 feet from the axis of rotation. If the fan spins at a full rate of 1760 revolutions per minute, how many miles will a point at the tip of a blade travel in one hour? This seemed to be a question that tricked people alot. It's from a Coloraldo...
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    Try to solve this math riddle!?

    The tip of a blade on an electric fan is 1.5 feet from the axis of rotation. If the fan spins at a full rate of 1760 revolutions per minute, how many miles will a point at the tip of a blade travel in one hour? This seemed to be a question that tricked people alot. It's from a Coloraldo...
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    Math Trivia question?

    Just wanted to see if you guys knew this: What number is seven-eighths more than three-fourths
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    Einstein says we can travel into the future. Math tells me we can't. Only the

    past is journeyable. We heard? My investigations show that the infinite future dialoque in relativity is wrong. I discovered this when I researched the data math ...I am a writer...interested in knowing how the math looks (works)..New Discoveries.
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    looking for a particular math joke image?

    My calculus teacher has an Obama-esque color schemed poster of a dy/dx, and underneath that is the word "change" (lolpun). Does anyone know what I'm talking about and have a link to that image or a similar one? Obama-esque color scheme...
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    Math Riddles! Can you solve them?

    Try to solve these riddles~ 1. Lyric is three years older then Riley. The sum of their ages is 39. Find the age of both girls 2. Hayden is twenty years older then Paris. In five years, Hayden will be twice was old as Paris is then. Find their present ages. Good Luck. First to get them right...
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    Math Riddles! Can you solve them?

    Try to solve these riddles~ 1. Lyric is three years older then Riley. The sum of their ages is 39. Find the age of both girls 2. Hayden is twenty years older then Paris. In five years, Hayden will be twice was old as Paris is then. Find their present ages. Good Luck. First to get them right...
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    Tough Math Riddle. Please help - It's a puzzler.?

    Three men have lunch and split the $30 tab evenly. The waitress overcharged and took out five one's from what she was given. She kept $2.00 for herself and gave each man back $1.00. If the 3 men then paid $27 ($9 x 3) and the waitress kept $2.00, why doesn't that, or should that, add up to $30?
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    Do you support the Simple Math Caucus that argues if we got rid of illegals

    we would cut unemployment in half? The new group in the House of Representatives, the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, which has at least 41 members. Republican Reps. Lamar Smith of Texas, Sue Myrick of North Carolina, and Gary Miller of California announced its formation in a video in March, with...
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    Need help with a Math Riddle (deals with Rules)?

    Ok guys. I was given the following lines: 1 2 = 3 2 3 = 10 3 4 = 36 4 5 = ? You can do anything mathematically to come up with the rules. But whatever you do to one line you must do to all lines. I have no idea. I keep getting stuck. Can you help?
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    Does anyone remember this time travel kids math show?

    Ok: So this was probably just a one-time show, not really a series or anything. It had an old guy who invented a time machine, and two kids went back in time. For some reason they were solving math problems The whole thing was centered on math. The first one found them in prehistoric times...
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    Failed a math quiz(read description)?

    I studied so hard for it and i failed it...I have A+s in every class except for math ........ I use to have a solid A but now its a B+ ..and better yet its already due for the report cards...... How can I study and still pass a quiz..... :'(
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    got a fairly easy math riddle for ya, solve it?

    here's the pattern: 1=5 2=10 3=15 4=20 5=? solve the ?
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    Very Hard Math Riddle need answer ASAP 10 points to first answer that sounds right?

    Imagine a long hallway, with 500 lights attatched to the ceiling, all turned off. Each light has a pull string which turns it on or off with one pull. You start with the first light and pull every string, turning on all the lights. A friend comes behind you and, starting with the second light...
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    math help..specifically compounding interest?

    $2500 is invested every year into an annuity paying 8% annual interest. How long will it take for the investment to be worth $500,000? i think the equation is A=P(1+r/n)^nt thank you..
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    Math question?!?!?! yeaahh lol?

    how would you multiply: (4x^-1/2)(x^1/2)
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    Hard math riddle with 115 numbers & 3 hints?

    23157148621326845144468 27137913783591349371653 29317922469782423753231 83917971369571381973473 46243128847982263795839 "I don't have anything to give apart from three hints: 1) The riddle is solved in two stages, 2) There are 115 letters, which eventually lead to a word, 3) The solution...
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    Should i major in math or nutrition?

    I am running out of time to be indecisive. I have 54 credit hours done, and a 4.0. The most important quality I am looking for in a career is that it will make me happy. Of course money can make life easier and funner, but that is not my number one priority. If the major I choose does not help...
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    Riddle MATH! how much was the dinner bill?

    mr smith takes his wife out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. as he leaves, he notices that he only has one-fifth of this money left. what he has left in cents is what he had originally in dollars and he has five times fewer dollars than he had cents to start. How much was the dinner bill?
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    someone rant about math rock?

    what its is, what its about, how its affected rock in general and humor doesn't hurt ready, go
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