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with letters of word 'WHENCE' how many 3-letter password can be created

how many 3-letter passwords can be created with letters of word 'WHENCE'? 96 78 60 72 are options to answer
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a local government is planning to build new roads that will divide a forest into several fragments

a local government is planning to build new roads that will divide a forest into several fragments the roads can follow several different designs each of which design will minimize the edge effect on the organisms living in the forest ? This is a…
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Loss estimation for replacement of stolen item

If an item of price $x$ is stolen from me or lost (assume that it is never going to be found again or returned to me), and I replace it by buying it again, but at its current price $y$, what is my actual loss? Is it $x$, $y$ or $y-x$? Note: …
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Any way to solve math problems faster?

Is there a faster way to solve math problems? I'm talking about proving theorems, proving certain properties of a function, etc. The way I do it is I write out the problem and all relevant definitions and theorems, and consider simple examples or…
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How to present new math in conferences?

I research theoretical physics and often some new mathematical model or procedure is my product. However, whenever I try to present my research at a conference the time limit (or my ability to present) leaves the audience just staring. At some…
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Finding the distance based off coordinates

Basically, I have a camera that gives me the (x , y) coordinates of an object. I need to figure out the distance from the camera to the object based on these coordinates. Is there a way to do so? (the camera is fixed on a moving robot. so the…
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Are child soroban (abacus) classes worth doing?

I'm considering enrolling my five year old child in a weekly soroban course after school ('soroban' is the Japanese word for abacus). They're quite expensive ($30 a lesson) but the companies running them swear that children will manage to learn…
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Pin Point Theorem & Pin Point-Reverse Theorem Calculation

I was given this question to do over the weekend by my professor and I'm at a roadblock. We wont over the theorem during class but I cant seem to find much about it. Any help in solving this would be appreciated: Pin Point The origin is x=0 and…
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What is the selling price including VAT, if the VAT amounts to $€3.41$?

VAT rate is $8 \%.$ How I calculate the answer?
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Long Division and why we need it?

Why do we still teach Children Long Division when we'll never use it in life? Whats the point of all that stress vs a few strokes of a calculator?
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Inverse function simple question

Please explain question no. c in detail
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If a×b×c×d is 9, what is a+b+c+d ( a b c d are different integers)

If a×b×c×d is 9, what is a+b+c+d ( a b c d are different integers) Actually, I know the answer to this problem, (which is 1+(-1)+3+(-3)= 0), but I am not sure whether there is a systematic way to solve it. I thought of separating the a b c and d…
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Simplify basic math expression

The task is so simplify the following expression. Thank you for any help.
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O is the orthocentre of △ABC if and only if AP⊥BC, BR⊥AC and CQ⊥AB. Prove that angle OPQ= angle OPR

enter link description here O is the orthocentre of △ABC if and only if AP⊥BC, BR⊥AC and CQ⊥AB. Prove that angle OPQ= angle OPR
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complex fourier series problem Cn term

can anyone help with this complex fourier series problem (in details please specially the Cn term) (as in the attached picture)here is the problem
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