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I have multiple degrees in abstract math (functional analysis mainly) and I have never seen that symbol used in English, German or Russian texts. Must be something new.....
Using the latest technology to create tomorrows problems today.
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Maybe it's a capital G.
tnich
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I've asked some maths experts and they've requested more information. Do you have earlier pages in the chapter you could post? So far nobody has seen this symbol used in this way.
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Nope, this is just a worksheet we think the teacher downloaded from the 'Net. So it is likely a mis-translation of some sort.
Interestingly, the next day the kid brought home another worksheet and my wife was able to find it -- with the answers. 
We're not impressed by the quality of the "teaching" that goes on now.
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If it's not too much trouble, what were the answers? Was it a multiplication symbol as suspected?
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How old is your kid?
If he/she is primary school pupil then the sign is just a incorrectly rendered multiplication sign.
There is absolutely nothing else you can do with c ^ (12/5) and c ^ (3/5) but to multiply them.
And solutions are
13) c ^ 3
14) x ^ (21/4) (unless part of formula is missing on right)
Or the question was just for laughs ...
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It's supposed to be algebra 1, 9th grade. And it's likely supposed to be multiplication.
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If you know the name of the book and the page number, then you might be able to find an errata. Most printed text books have pages and pages of errata.
If they do not let you bring the books home, then there is probably an online version with some lame password like schooldistrictname2015. Hopefully, the online version would be fixed but you might still need to find an errata.
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Kinda expected. This will be interesting.
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Finally!!!! 
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It will if the cost of Xamarin comes down to a reasonable level as a result - which I'd imagine it could. That could really boost usage of .NET (ish) into the mobile market which presumably is why MS are buying them in the first place. Either that or to crush them utterly - difficult to tell with MS sometimes...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Didn't go very well.
Installed Ubuntu in VMWare player, worked fine.
Downloaded some updates, restarted, works not so fine.
It hanged at startup on "Stopping Restore Sound Card State".
Removed the virtual sound card and it now hangs on "Stopping System V runlevel compatibility".
I guess the same goes for Linux as for Windows, don't install updates 
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This _IS_ the _YEAR_ of the LINUX DESKTOP!!!!!
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raddevus wrote: This IS the YEAR of the LINUX DESKTOP!!!!!
Again?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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If I had a pound for every year that has been the year of the linux desktop, I could probably buy a few beers.
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My first Linux experiences went very well:
- Installed Mint.
- Installed Wine.
To my surprise:
W32 App including SQL Server works perfect.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I'll try Mint next, after I'm done with Debian (which I don't like already and the installer hasn't even finished yet)
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Unfortunately Mint doesn't give me the right screen resolution and it ignores the VMWare Player.
Other than that it seems to work fine.
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no matter what: make sure you get the extensions installed - then all should be fine
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Yeah, my Mint Linux experience was good too. The only thing that wasn't working after the install was the printer. Just had to go to the Brother's website, download and install.
So far (about 3 months now) everything is working great. It helps that I pretty much just use open source/cross platform applications for my normal computing needs (Firefox, Thunderbird, Octave, Libre Office, g++, etc). I really like being in control of my own freaking computer!
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I haven't touched it in over 5 years. Once you get over the novelty aspect and need to do something simple like install a driver, you realize it's just not worth it. OK, I've gotten it to boot, now what do I do with it?  Install Wine so I can run Windows apps? 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I have three versions of Linux on VirtualBox. Don't know why. I open them up occasionally to see if they are still there.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Ahhh, takes me back to my first Linux experience. Lost an entire Sunday trying to install the bleeding thing. This was when I was at uni (Dial Up internet, so couldn't download a better installer with ease). Personally why the Linux desktop, it owns the embedded world.
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