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Bowling in Lane 7, Birmingham
There were 4 of us today. Me, Sawan, Rushil and George. We all studied maths at Warwick University. Sawan and I graduated last year because we did the 3-year course. I got a 2:2 and he got a 2:1. Rushil and George graduated this year and they both got a 1st for their degrees. But…
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How To Find The Arc Length And Its Surface Area?
In this article, we will take a deep dive into the derivations of the arc length of a curve and the surface area of the revolution of a curve. Without further ado, let’s dive in! If you have been enjoying the content on our blog, consider checking out our website here. I have made some…
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Do You Think You Can Study Maths At Oxford University?
The function f, defined for whole positive numbers, satisfies f(1) = 1 and also the following rules f(2n) = 2f(n) and f(2n + 1) = 4f(n) The question is, how many numbers n satisfy f(n) = 16? Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and give the problem a go yourself.…
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Who Are You? Who Am I? Who Are We?
If someone asks you the question, ‘Who are you?’, how would you answer? Perhaps you will say your name, followed by your country of origin, then your occupation. I suppose when we were young, we’d talk more about our hobbies, our interests, our dreams. You know dreams like travelling the world, finding a loved one,…
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A Classic Maths Puzzle: How Many Cats Are Needed?
If three cats catch three rats in three minutes, how many cats will catch 100 rats in 100 minutes? I will present to you the standard answer to this, which I am sure most of you have come across countless times. After that, I’d like to offer you an alternate perspective regarding this puzzle. Once…
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About Vegetarianism and Killing for Food
I came across Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride’s blog post on vegetarianism. I believe it is one of the most important posts anyone should read if they want to get to the bottom of nutrition and be informed about the dangers of plant-based eating. I have pasted the post below but you can also check out her…
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Should You Roll Or Not?
Two bullets are loaded into a gun’s round barrel consecutively. The barrel has a capacity of 6. The gun is fired once, but no bullet is shot. So does rolling the barrel (shuffling) before next shot increase the probability of firing a bullet? Once again, this is a good moment to pause the article and…
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So How Does The Koch Snowflake Have Finite Area?
Following part one of the series, we will now look at the area of a Koch snowflake starting with an equilateral triangle with a side length of 1. Give the problem a try before jumping in for the solution! Area Let’s look at what happens in the first iteration We are adding one new triangle for each…
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What If Even Your Point of View Is Uncertain? Quantum Physics Says It Can Be.
Picture yourself standing on a railway platform as a trolley rolls by. A young girl riding inside lets go of a bright red ball. From her perspective, the ball simply drops straight to the floor. But from where you stand, the ball traces a graceful arc before it lands. You are both watching the very…