How can classes like real analysis be applied in real life?
How can classes like real analysis be applied outside of academia? What fields are those skills useful in?...
How would you explain the "coastline paradox" to a non-mathematician?
It seems to trip some people out when I tell them coastlines are not possible to measure....
What book can I read to understand probability?
If a six-sided die is rolled three times, what is probability that the die will land on an even number exactly twice and on an odd number exactly once?...
What does it mean to be an "odds on" favorite?
I've heard this a lot and never knew what this meant....
Geometry Quiz. What is the answer for this exercise?
In the figure, ABCD is a square. E, F, G, H are points on BC, CD, DA and AE respectively such that EFGH is a rectangle. It is known that BE= 3, AB= 4 and AE= 5. If EFGH has area m/n where n, n are positive integers, with no common divisors (i.e, the fraction in simplest form), fin m + n....
Geometry help
A small hula-hoop was rolled on the ground. After rolling exactly 6 times, it went 37.7 feet. What is the Diameter of the hula-hoop? You got an extra large hula-hoop that has a diameter twice the length of the small hula-hoop. How far would it go if you...
Can you ever divide smaller than the Planck length?
In math you can continue dividing and dividing a distance and never reach zero. In quantum physics though, you can divide a distance in half only so many times before you reach the Planck length which is apparently the smallest size possible. Is that considered "rounding down" to zero because of phy...
Best stats software to learn if planning on a career in statistics
I have some time on my hands lately and am wondering what would be the best stats programming/software to teach myself. I plan on going into a career in statistics in industry. Which programs are most often used in industry? I don't know what specific type of company I want to work at yet. Currently...
