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G Tony Jacobs
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I used to participate a lot on this site, and really enjoyed answering people's questions in a way the felt personal and friendly. That's not encouraged here, though, so I've mostly disappeared.

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Why does multiplying a number on a clock face by 10 and then halving, give the minutes? ${}{}$
Mar 21, 2018
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Why do you add +1 in counting test questions?
Sep 4, 2013
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What is the probability of the sum of four dice being 22?
Jul 9, 2017
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Continued fraction with prime reciprocal entries
Sep 3, 2013
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Why is it that if I count years from 2011 to 2014 as intervals I get 3 years, but if I count each year separately I get 4 years?
Jul 27, 2014
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Collatz lattice
Aug 10, 2017
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A certain car model costs 21,000 euro now, and it devaluates 5% every year. How much will it cost in 6 years?
Nov 25, 2016
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What is the purpose of a function being surjective?
Jun 16, 2017
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Probably that an $80\%$-truthful person actually rolled a $6$
Nov 15, 2017
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How to deal with lim sup and lim inf?
Jun 14, 2017
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Is "playing dumb" considered un-helpful?
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Are others irritated like I am with the use of the word "domain" in questions?
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Ethical question about preauthorizing hotel charges
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What number is the sum of two roots
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what's the meaning of "true to the old proverb"?
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"President" is to "presidential" as "moderator" is to what?
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How to teach sum of fractions to students?

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