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April 20, 2009

the salaries of superstar professional athletes receive much attention in the media. the multimillion dollar?

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , , — admin @ 11:19 am
sami s asked:


long term contract is now commonplace among this elite group. Nevertheless, rarely does a season pass without negotiations between one or more of the players’ associations and team owners for additional salary and fringe benefits for ALL players in their particular sports.
If a players’ association wanted to support its argument for higher ”average” salaries, which measure of central tendency do you think it should use and why?
To refute the argument, which measure of central tendency should the owners apply to the players’ salaries and why?

April 9, 2009

Can I do anything to remove the negative number from this simplified expression?

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , — admin @ 5:39 pm
mcavey asked:


-4096 a^3 b^9

I know thre is an exponent rule where if you have a negative exponent you can put a 1 over it and drop the negative sign. Can I do anything similar like this to a negative number?

April 8, 2009

How can I find the ships bering from the port of departure?

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , , — admin @ 6:39 am
greg asked:


My ship leaves the port and travels 30 nautical miles due west, then changes course to N15ÂșE and travels for 10 nautical miles. What is the ships bering from the port of departure?

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