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Friday, November 20, 2009 – Using a Probability Table to Understand Conditional Probability
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Conditional probability is usually a hard concept for students to understand. Here I use a probability table to visually explain the solution to these type of problems. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Using a Probability Table to Understand Conditional Probability
Thursday, November 19, 2009 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Cauchy published some 789 pieces of work including some important advances in calculus. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 – Multiplying Radicals
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Here is an introduction to multiplying radicals. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Multiplying Radicals
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 – Areas of Shapes, Part One
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Icosa and Dodeca discuss the areas of the shapes: rectangles, squares, parallelograms and triangles. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.
Monday, November 16, 2009 – Perimeters of Shapes
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Octa and Hexa discuss how to find the perimeter of shapes. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.
Sunday, November 15, 2009 – A Classic Game Show Decision
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Today’s post follows a classic game show host puzzle and the controversy that occurred from the solution. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
A Classic Game Show Decision
Saturday, November 14, 2009 – How to Multiply Two Numbers in the Teens
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Here is a neat little trick, and of course, why it works. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
How to Multiply Two Numbers in the Teens
Friday, November 13, 2009 – Five Examples of Using Rational Equations
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During one magical teaching day in the 1970’s I bumped into five different applications for the one idea – rational equations. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Five Examples of Using Rational Equations
Thursday, November 12, 2009 – Jules Henri Poincare, Last of the Generalist Mathematicians
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Throughout the 20th and the 21st Centuries, mathematicians have been forced to specialize into certain branches of mathematics. Poincare’s work covered many different branches. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Jules Henri Poincare, the Last Generalist in Mathematics
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 – Adding and Subtracting Radicals
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We carry on with our section on radicals with adding and subtracting radicals today. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Adding and Subtracting Radicals