competition-math

[wraith tartan]

you mean 4+20pi? samee

oh wait no

it WAS 4pi+20

I think I got 22 or 23

[inland totem]

at least we can discuss answers

[inland totem]

what about that mean one?

got 9

[wraith tartan]

that was 9

that was pretty ez breh

[inland totem]

pretty? free points more like

[wraith tartan]

3 6 9 12 15

also the star one (#21) was also very easy

[carmine sapphire]

what did you get star one

[inland totem]

cause every number needed 2 numbers smaller than it to be in the final 5

[inland totem]

1/4

[wraith tartan]

1/4

[inland totem]

weighted avg

[carmine sapphire]

less go

[wraith tartan]

just 1/2*1/2 if you look at the cases

[inland totem]

but i was a dumbass

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

[inland totem]

didn't realize that it could be calculated directly

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

[inland totem]

that's where my dumbassery comes in

at least i got 1/4

[carmine sapphire]

hopefully i got 20

[inland totem]

good luck bro

[carmine sapphire]

i dont think i did that well i sold on a few

[wraith tartan]

I just want >21

[inland totem]

i feel good abt it this time

[carmine sapphire]

like the last 2 i guesses

[inland totem]

23+

i think

[wraith tartan]

breh I got the last 2 wrong

[inland totem]

happens

[inland totem]

24 was so easy bruh

[carmine sapphire]

it was??

[wraith tartan]

No? how were u supposed to do

[inland totem]

wasn't it the 1!x2!...x51!?

from 7! to 13!, 1 power of 7 each

from 14! to 20!, 2 powers of 7

[wraith tartan]

that takes a long time breh

[inland totem]

all the way to 49! to 51! - 8 powers of 7 each

[wraith tartan]

to calculate allat

[inland totem]

add them up - 171

[zinc ridge]

i also dumbassed and thought it was 1/3

before my friend told me its just cases

[carmine sapphire]

for did you guys get for the rearrangin problem

[zinc ridge]

2

[wraith tartan]

YES IT IS

[carmine sapphire]

like the 4 students thing

[wraith tartan]

only 2 cases bruhh

[inland totem]

i actually counted the viable paths

😭

[zinc ridge]

me too

[wraith tartan]

LOL

[zinc ridge]

and i somehow still gor lost

im sped

[inland totem]

at least we all got 1/4, right?

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

so light

[inland totem]

2

[carmine sapphire]

ok good

[inland totem]

that one i did last for some reason

dunno why

[zinc ridge]

i put 1/4 and changed it to 1/5 because there were too many fifth options

[carmine sapphire]

ohhh

[zinc ridge]

1/5 2/5 3/5

[carmine sapphire]

sometimes happens its alg

[inland totem]

ah i see

yeah, it happens

[zinc ridge]

they pressured me

[carmine sapphire]

bro someone came when the exam ended

[inland totem]

the people in the testing room with u?

[inland totem]

that's sad

[zinc ridge]

no the choices

i didnt cheat

[carmine sapphire]

fr

[inland totem]

why would you cheat

[carmine sapphire]

bro someone dmed me the whole question paper

[zinc ridge]

idk

[carmine sapphire]

but i had to block them

[inland totem]

same

[carmine sapphire]

they said 60 dollar

[inland totem]

flying acorn can verify

[zinc ridge]

was it atomishere99

[inland totem]

BRO SAME

[carmine sapphire]

was it atom/

[zinc ridge]

yah

[inland totem]

lemme send u screenshots

[zinc ridge]

guys what should i write on my birthday card to my friend

i have a few options

[carmine sapphire]

SAMEEEE

that was them

[inland totem]

i had others block him too

[carmine sapphire]

ya

[inland totem]

hmmmm

say...nothing

[zinc ridge]

1. happy birthday! youre a great friend
2. happy birthday my pookie
3. happy birthday! youll do great things this year
4. kill yourself or ima do it for u

[inland totem]

1st one is cliche

2nd one is creepy

3rd one is okay

4th one is peak

[carmine sapphire]

bro i swear i made the simplest mistakes on the exam

[inland totem]

don't we all?

[carmine sapphire]

ya but sometimes i like underestimate the first few and do them super fast and when im abt to turn them in then i realize

i made lk a simple mistake

[inland totem]

same bruh

with the running one i sold

[carmine sapphire]

yeah but its ag

alg

[inland totem]

i don't think there were many algebra heavy questions

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

[inland totem]

even the densest middle schoolers at my school could figure some of these out

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

ur in 8th?

[inland totem]

7th

[carmine sapphire]

nice

[inland totem]

ru u gonna be taking amc 10?

[zinc ridge]

whatre u in

[carmine sapphire]

yes

[carmine sapphire]

8th

[zinc ridge]

same

what math course do u take

[carmine sapphire]

precalc

u?

[inland totem]

ooh cool

[zinc ridge]

alg 2

[inland totem]

planning to take alg ii over summer

[zinc ridge]

dude i wish i took alg ii

[inland totem]

so i can take ap stat or precalc next year

[zinc ridge]

over the summer

[timber salmon]

what’s amc 8

[zinc ridge]

its like so boring

[inland totem]

ye

[inland totem]

torture

[zinc ridge]

advanced 8th grade math competition

[carmine sapphire]

ur doing it online courses right?

[zinc ridge]

lowk light

[zinc ridge]

huh

[inland totem]

me?

[carmine sapphire]

for alg ii

over the summer

[inland totem]

like khan academy?

[inland totem]

no in person

[timber salmon]

you guys take algebra 2 as 8th graders?

[inland totem]

😢

[zinc ridge]

ya

[carmine sapphire]

precalc

[timber salmon]

wow

[zinc ridge]

i do

[inland totem]

anyone below 9th can take it

[carmine sapphire]

yeah

[zinc ridge]

i just skipped 5th grade math

[timber salmon]

i’m taking precal as junior in hs💔💔

[zinc ridge]

not bad

[inland totem]

fun?

or hell?

[zinc ridge]

its above average

precalc is nice

tbh

[carmine sapphire]

single accel i think

[timber salmon]

pretty easy

[inland totem]

like is it boring

[marble spindle]

i did that lol. im now year 12 in hs and we're learning differential and integral calc 😭

[inland totem]

cause i learned this a long time ago

[inland totem]

oooh

[zinc ridge]

i dont like matrices

[inland totem]

move to #calculus

[marble spindle]

or abt to cuz school hasnt started for me yet

[timber salmon]

some of it is just repeats of like algebra 2

[carmine sapphire]

oh yh did u guys wanna know what i got on the 10a and b

[inland totem]

and #odes-and-pdes

[zinc ridge]

shure

[inland totem]

yes

please tell me

[carmine sapphire]

10a i sold lk 79

[zinc ridge]

bro alg ii is like half reeat of alg 1

[carmine sapphire]

and b was better 88

[zinc ridge]

damn

[timber salmon]

yeah

[zinc ridge]

thats ok

[inland totem]

not that bad

[carmine sapphire]

but nxt year imma try and get 100+

[timber salmon]

algebra 2 was also easy

[zinc ridge]

yay

[inland totem]

i got 85 in 6th grade 😭

[carmine sapphire]

damn 💀

[zinc ridge]

2025 was harder than 2024

[carmine sapphire]

thats good

[inland totem]

no it itsn't

[zinc ridge]

i got 109.5 this year

[inland totem]

it's kinda buns

[zinc ridge]

so lucky i didnt make sillies

[inland totem]

aime qualifier right here

[carmine sapphire]

bro i have friends who sweat so much like their avg is like 130

[zinc ridge]

im getting cooked on aime

[inland totem]

S W E A T

[zinc ridge]

my super orz friend andy got a 141 on 10A

[carmine sapphire]

bro one of my friends got a perfect score

[inland totem]

hiyah

i'm jealous

[zinc ridge]

🌙🤷‍♂️🙏😉

[carmine sapphire]

me 2

how much do yall grind math

[zinc ridge]

he got a 145.5 on 10b

[inland totem]

MATH IS LIFE

[zinc ridge]

i main it

[carmine sapphire]

like how mny hrs a day

[zinc ridge]

extracurricular

[inland totem]

i glaze math too much

[carmine sapphire]

same

[inland totem]

uhm...

i have other stuff to do, so abt 5 hrs

[zinc ridge]

2-3 ish

for me

[carmine sapphire]

for me around same as flying acorn

[zinc ridge]

i have other stuff maths my main focus

[carmine sapphire]

same

i do science research ect

but math is main

[inland totem]

what else?

i need physics knowledge

[zinc ridge]

i play violin

[carmine sapphire]

i gotchu

[inland totem]

and chemistry 😭

[zinc ridge]

and do speech and debate

[carmine sapphire]

i gotchu on phys

i grind phys

[zinc ridge]

i honestly dont know what im gonna do in college

maybe like cs

[inland totem]

nono, like i'm grinding physics alongside math rn

sal khan is carrying me fr

[carmine sapphire]

oh nice

yall do usaco

[inland totem]

usamo?

[carmine sapphire]

nah usaco

like the coding one

[inland totem]

done the questions, but not the actual test

[inland totem]

all ik is hello world bruh

i can't code

[carmine sapphire]

sall good

bro i wanna be multitalented

[inland totem]

do yall do sports too?

[carmine sapphire]

like recently i built a e-bike going up to 30 mph

[carmine sapphire]

tennis

[inland totem]

road legal?

please make it road legal

and ship it to me

[carmine sapphire]

well, technically no but ig

about the road legal thing

r u from wash. area

[inland totem]

washington, maryland?

or the state?

[carmine sapphire]

the state

ur from maryland?

@inland totem

[inland totem]

yes

[carmine sapphire]

oh ok

[inland totem]

are u also getting a winter storm warning?

[carmine sapphire]

oh im not from maryland

im from the state

[inland totem]

the storm's covering a large part of the us

not just us

[carmine sapphire]

oh gl bro

what other ecs do you do

[inland totem]

ecs?

[carmine sapphire]

extracirriculars

[inland totem]

ahhhh i see

i used to do science bowl

[carmine sapphire]

yh

nice what place

[inland totem]

was the math guy 😅

[inland totem]

well, we made it to nsb

in washington

[carmine sapphire]

oh nice

i got nsb 3rd i think

[inland totem]

what was ur team?

and which year?

[carmine sapphire]

apr 2025

[inland totem]

ooooohhh i can find u

[carmine sapphire]

yhh

[inland totem]

i have the team booklet

did you also get free icecream and a hotel room?

[carmine sapphire]

yes

wbu?

[inland totem]

the free icecream was my favorite

went down there once at like 11pm to snag some

[inland totem]

team/school name?

lemme find u guys

[carmine sapphire]

rlly bro

wait did you do the scioly

??

[inland totem]

science olympiad?

no

[carmine sapphire]

ah its alg

so ur the math guy i see

can i friend you to talk about maths?

[inland totem]

sure

[carmine sapphire]

ok just sent 🙂

[tawny gyro]

yea im in nj

[wraith tartan]

ey I got 100.5 on b

[tawny gyro]

nj, pa, va all getting that i think

[wraith tartan]

fr

I live in va

it says 20 inches

[inland totem]

getting into aime?

[wraith tartan]

which is crazyy

[wraith tartan]

yes, I qualified

[tawny gyro]

yes 18-20 inches here

[inland totem]

good luck bro

[tawny gyro]

omg u said aime

i thought u said anime

i was about to go insane

[inland totem]

we are not gooners

[wraith tartan]

thanks!

[inland totem]

(speaking for most of us)

[tawny gyro]

THATS WHAT I SAY

"im just a hater"

they say disliking anime is so dumb

its like the same thing as disliking live action

bro live action is literally the normal stupid idiots

💀

[inland totem]

i don't watch anime

so idk

[tawny gyro]

its "big"

thats my answer

thats why i dont watch that

[inland totem]

what grade r u in btw? fine if u don't wanna disclose that

[wraith tartan]

7th

[inland totem]

samee

[wraith tartan]

nice

[inland totem]

what r u currently learning?

[wraith tartan]

in school? or

[inland totem]

home

[wraith tartan]

ohh

I'm currently mocking some past aime and mathcounts tests, as while as learning some precalc

[inland totem]

cool

[zinc ridge]

usually i just get through 1-5 and 1-2 other questions if im lucky😭

[inland totem]

same

[zinc ridge]

STEELSPIRE HORIZON IS OUTTTTT

[inland totem]

game?

[zinc ridge]

ya

[inland totem]

ooh cool

[zinc ridge]

do u okay hames

games

[inland totem]

do i play games?

[zinc ridge]

yeah

oops

i made a typo

[inland totem]

i sold my soul to gaijin

[worldly bronze]

i am oiler

[inland totem]

euler's inbred cousin

[worldly bronze]

shhh

🤫

e to the i theta or sm

[inland totem]

the genius is beyond my understanding

[worldly bronze]

me rn

you are just jealous of my genies

genius

[inland totem]

i truly am jealous of your genies

[worldly bronze]

i can solve a quadratic

im so intelligent

[inland totem]

genius right here

give him the fields medal

right now

[worldly bronze]

and

i can

do

uh

oilers formula

[inland totem]

and yes, we do all goon to the basel problem ; )

[worldly bronze]

HELL YEAH

i know the derivative of sine

x

[deep hedge]

what is it then

[worldly bronze]

cosine x + C

trust

the C is there for emotional support

because

the integral

is like

the oppsotie

so C is there

[inland totem]

close enough

the modern def is flawed anyways

[worldly bronze]

ikr

c

[inland totem]

ur cousin euler stole all your work right?

[worldly bronze]

yes bro

i made oilers formula like

5 years

earlier

and he stole it

and renamed it

[inland totem]

how sad

[worldly bronze]

and then he beat me up

[inland totem]

he's ded tho

[worldly bronze]

yes ik

[inland totem]

oof

[worldly bronze]

this was 300 years ago

but i was so intelligent

that i cured death

and im immortal now

[rugged solstice]

C is for Covid-19 antigen

[inland totem]

🙏

we pray to u

[worldly bronze]

tangent? is that a sin / cos refernece?

thats crazy

[rugged solstice]

nope it is a derivative reference

[worldly bronze]

aw

[inland totem]

did u solve it

[worldly bronze]

why is your pfp my cosusins identity

or mine

[inland totem]

hey he has ur formula on ur face

[worldly bronze]

but he stole it

[worldly bronze]

yes ik

[rugged solstice]

the integral from yesterday?

[inland totem]

yeye

[rugged solstice]

no:(

[worldly bronze]

what integral

send

[inland totem]

it's okay

it needed an extra parameter anyways

[worldly bronze]

send ill solve it iwt my genius

[inland totem]

∫(0,inf) sinx/x dx

feynman's trick

[worldly bronze]

oh thats the thing

yes ik

the pi/2 i thijnk

[inland totem]

so smart

how did u solve it?

[worldly bronze]

so like

you introduce a variable

and you put e^-sx on the integrand

[inland totem]

mhm

[worldly bronze]

and you differentiate

i dont remember the rest

[inland totem]

so u used someone else's technique

[worldly bronze]

yes

i got it from chatgpt

[inland totem]

u should do it urself

[worldly bronze]

theres other techinques?

[inland totem]

yeah, i believe

[worldly bronze]

shi fr?

[inland totem]

hiyah

[inland totem]

search it up

[worldly bronze]

opk

ok

[inland totem]

oiler the diddler

[worldly bronze]

crazy

idk man

the main one im seeing is the thing with e^-sx

or αx

or whatever

[inland totem]

main one

[worldly bronze]

ye

i dont understand anything else

so im just ignoring them

[inland totem]

but ye, that's the best method tbh

feynman

[worldly bronze]

i know feynman but idk the other ones

what are they

[inland totem]

contour integration

complex analy

[worldly bronze]

oh yeah that

idk

idk how to do complex analysis

[inland totem]

and fourier transforms

[worldly bronze]

yes i also dont know how to do that

[inland totem]

laplace too apparently, but idk how to do that

[rugged solstice]

i have 2025 ppl standing in a circle, each one can either only lie or only tell the truth. each one says that the 4 adjustment to him (2 to the left. 2 to the right) are of the same type. what is the maximum amount of liars possible

[inland totem]

that's what u were typing

lemme see...

[worldly bronze]

oh shi i saw a problem similar to that

[inland totem]

amc 10 lookalike

[worldly bronze]

didnt solve it tho

[inland totem]

maybe?

[rugged solstice]

prove?

[inland totem]

i'm doing it...

gimme like 2 minutes

[rugged solstice]

sad

[inland totem]

uses modulos

[rugged solstice]

what

why

[inland totem]

cause i SAID SO

now lemme FIGURE IT OUT

1620

[worldly bronze]

dshujisdfhjfdsuhoifduhdasfihdfasiu

how did you get that

[inland totem]

math

what else?

[worldly bronze]

uh

ok

[rugged solstice]

prove

[worldly bronze]

chemistry

[inland totem]

oh ye

[worldly bronze]

show your work bud

[inland totem]

2025-405

there

[worldly bronze]

ok but like

no

[inland totem]

liar fraction is 4/5 because max zero's per truth is 4

[worldly bronze]

😨

[rugged solstice]

correct

[inland totem]

i'm such a genius

mostly

[worldly bronze]

ohh i understand it now

[inland totem]

conditionally

[worldly bronze]

integrals are so peak

[inland totem]

i'm so oiled up rn

[worldly bronze]

me too

im the oiler i oil everyone up

im gonna integrate some curves

[inland totem]

heheheha

[worldly bronze]

hmmm

integral of 2

dx

[inland totem]

maybe h20?

[inland totem]

bro

lebron

[worldly bronze]

the goat

[inland totem]

i trusted you

[worldly bronze]

ikr lets hang him

whats a fourier transform

because i wanna learn it but i lowkey have no idea what it is

[inland totem]

expressing a function as a sum of pure sine waves

[worldly bronze]

ahhh

any good yt videos to learn it from

[inland totem]

area uder it is also the same as the original function

: )

[worldly bronze]

alr

[inland totem]

later

i'm doing sum rn

[rugged solstice]

just a min

let $p\in\P$ and let $v_p(n)=\max{\alpha\in\N\range p^{\alpha}|n}\$
prove that $v_p\left(\binom {n+m} m\right)$ is the number of unit transfers (carry) in the excersize n+m in base p

[gilded halo]

Tangent

[worldly bronze]

look at the curves on the integral sign 🤤

[inland totem]

lemme work on this...

alr i got it

[inland totem]

wait i just realized

why the fuck is texit a she/her?

[worldly bronze]

tf

[radiant jasper]

nice theorem

kummer's theorem right

[inland totem]

yes, i believe

[worldly bronze]

is there any bot that gives integrals?

like

i can ask it for problems

and shi

[inland totem]

#calculus

has daily calc problems

good luck solving them tho

😅

[rugged solstice]

idk

[worldly bronze]

i cant

access it

im in pre university

i dont have the thing

[rugged solstice]

i got it as homework, and thought it is a nice excersize

[inland totem]

it really is

[radiant jasper]

this should be a consequence of ||legendres formula for vp(k!) = (k-sp(k))/(p-1)||

[inland totem]

ur teache is good

[inland totem]

yes, exactly how i did it

[radiant jasper]

nice

[rugged solstice]

that was indeed one thing before

so i did it too this way

[radiant jasper]

lol

[inland totem]

gimme another question

NOW

[rugged solstice]

hmm

prove that

[inland totem]

N O

NO PROOFS

ONLY PURE C A L C U L A T I O N

[radiant jasper]

bash 2023 imo p6

[inland totem]

yes yes yes

yes yes yes

maybe i'll actually figure it out

[rugged solstice]

for all positive sequences ${a_i}{i=1}^n, {b_i}{i=1}^n$ and positive $\alpha+\beta=1$

$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i^{\alpha}b_i^{\beta}\le\left(\sum_{i=1}^n a_i\right)^{\alpha}\left(\sum_{i=1}^n b_i\right)^{\beta}$

[gilded halo]

Tangent

[radiant jasper]

😭

[inland totem]

N O P R O O F S

[rugged solstice]

also from my homework

[rugged solstice]

@inland totem need a hint?

[inland totem]

i'm not doing that rn

grinding imo

[worldly bronze]

you were right what the fuck are these 😭

[inland totem]

figure today's one out

easier by comparison

[worldly bronze]

the one with ln cos pix/2?

and that

??

alr

[rugged solstice]

questions like that could be in imo

[inland totem]

ooh

maybe later

[rugged solstice]

lol

[worldly bronze]

how do i even begin

what method

do i use

[radiant jasper]

grinding imo but saying "NO PROOFS" 🤡

[inland totem]

hell no

i'm not writing proofs

[worldly bronze]

this integral is impossible

[inland totem]

if i get the answer, i consider the question done

[inland totem]

it's very possible

just hard

[worldly bronze]

hyperbole

[inland totem]

humdawa humdawa

[worldly bronze]

bro what method

do i use

[inland totem]

substitution and fourier transform

[worldly bronze]

ah

yeah i dont know how to do a fourier transform

whatever

[inland totem]

wait wrong one

[worldly bronze]

lungs

[inland totem]

[worldly bronze]

what the fuck is that

[inland totem]

creepy ain't it?

[worldly bronze]

is there any more managable integrals?

with

elementary

antiderivatives

[worldly bronze]

its gonna appear in my nightmares

[inland totem]

maybe

u figure it out

[inland totem]

hehe

[worldly bronze]

i give up its 12am for me aand im gonna sleep

[inland totem]

alr bro

[worldly bronze]

Hint pls

Young sheldon

[inland totem]

go to sleep

; )

or will come to ur house and diddle u

[worldly bronze]

Im a minor

[inland totem]

so am i

[worldly bronze]

😨 😱

[inland totem]

what grade?

[worldly bronze]

9th

Im in 9th grade

[inland totem]

7th

[worldly bronze]

Wtf

[inland totem]

waitwait 17th

trust

[worldly bronze]

Ur in 7th grade?

Wdym 17th?

What

😭

[inland totem]

fine, yea

[worldly bronze]

Ok

I dont

Believe you

😨

[inland totem]

i can send u proof, but in dms

[worldly bronze]

Ok

[inland totem]

this is just simple arithmetic

[spark scaffold]

Can we take 4th root

[inland totem]

hm? square both sides twice

then do the math

[spark scaffold]

It’s like convert them into fractional exponents

I don’t mean to make it complicated

[inland totem]

there's so many things here that go to one or just cancel

like(25^0)^3

[spark scaffold]

1

[inland totem]

or (120/5!)

[spark scaffold]

(120/5!)^256 is 1

[inland totem]

then it turns into a quadratic i believe

[inland totem]

u know how to do this

so solve it

[spark scaffold]

We can factor 4x+256

4(x+64 )

[inland totem]

hm? i think ur thinking of 4x^2-256 - (2x+16)(2x-16). not applicable bc it's plus 256

[spark scaffold]

No I mean GCF

[inland totem]

yeah, factor 4

[spark scaffold]

Factor by pulling the like term

[inland totem]

u can do this from this point

[spark scaffold]

Do we get 4x^2-64x+256=0

We can factor now

4(x^2-16x+64)=0

Look it’s the (a-b)^2 factor

4(x-8)^2=0

X=-8

[spark scaffold]

Am I right Patrick

[inland totem]

lemme check

how does (x^2-16x+64) factor into (x-4)^2? shouldn't it be (x-8)^2?

[spark scaffold]

My fault

It’s -8

Cuz 4(x-8)^2=0

[inland totem]

it's okay

good job tho

[spark scaffold]

Yes bc 16 and 64 can also be 4^2 and 4^3

And 2^4 and 2^6

[spark scaffold]

Here’s the step

[inland totem]

correct

[pallid tundra]

wtf is that equation LMAO 😭

[inland totem]

really not that difficult

[pallid tundra]

ik it’s not hard but it just looks funny

[swift imp]

Chat

Why are we doing Roblox math in this channel

[inland totem]

tf is roblox math

most roblox users don't even know what math is

[swift imp]

That equation is from a Roblox game bro

😭

@inland totem Roblox

[inland totem]

at least the brain dead 5 year olds are learning math right?

[swift imp]

What

[swift imp]

Lmao no

The only cool thing I saw in that game was the hardest level

The rest was trivial

[inland totem]

what was the question(s) on par with?

[swift imp]

Cuz it was like comp math level stuff made by someone from mit

[inland totem]

oh ok

[swift imp]

No this is like the normal difficulty

[inland totem]

i'll rephrase it - what were the final level questions similar to (like amc 8 or mathcounts)?

[swift imp]

Uhhhh

Idk

It has been a long time

[swift imp]

https://youtu.be/FXQzO8sfgcw

It actually doesn’t look that bad

[inland totem]

the comments are calling the guy a lifesaver 😭

cooked as a society

[swift imp]

i mean stuff like this i dont think a middle schooler would know

[inland totem]

5 year olds having a meltdown

but jokes aside, this isn't hard for a middle schooler

just the notation

[swift imp]

uh

most middle schoolers have not seen $\prod$ before

[gilded halo]

k

[inland totem]

it's just multiplication

if i told them what a limit is or a capital pi is, they'd know how to do it

[swift imp]

i think you are overestimating the brain capacity of a normal middle schooler

most of them are NOT that proficient

[inland totem]

i am one myself

i would know

only the dense, future minimum wage ones would not be able to solve dis if i told them what all dis means

[swift imp]

yes i know you would know

but like you are the top 0.01% of middle schoolers

[inland totem]

no i'm not

but yeah, ig u have a point

[swift imp]

you probably go to a middle school with academically inclined middle schoolers too

maybe idk

[inland totem]

*mostly

academically inclined

[swift imp]

like i went to a random middle school in a low income area and most ppl suck

[inland totem]

some are real numnuts

[spark scaffold]

Hey Roblox math is very easy

[swift imp]

like most ppl were stuck on finding out what slope is

[spark scaffold]

As in my level

[swift imp]

in 8th grade

so yea

[inland totem]

cause all the us budget is for the military, not the next gen

[spark scaffold]

I can get to the level there it’s a grass

[inland totem]

grass? what's that?

[swift imp]

like i am probably the only person that knew calc in 8th/9th grade

heck most of them didnt learn until senior year

[inland totem]

only 1 other friend at my school is learning calc

[swift imp]

and most ppl in my district take algebra 1 in 9th grade

sooo

[inland totem]

and i make sure i'm well ahead of him

[spark scaffold]

It’s a level

[inland totem]

caue my big ego

[swift imp]

so i know what the top looks like yea

[spark scaffold]

That goes thought 3 levels

[inland totem]

😲

what?

how?

[spark scaffold]

And there is a level that has a layer of a grass then there is three stages

[inland totem]

i took that a year ago bruh

[swift imp]

no need to be competitive
you are not competing against ur school you are competing against everyone

[swift imp]

standard american curriculum

but as i said a lot of ppl in privileged schools in higher income neighborhoods never seem to realize

[inland totem]

my big ego won't let me accept that

[swift imp]

well you have to because the best ppl in olympiads are never egotistic

and in general for lotta fields

[inland totem]

well ofc

knew that from the moment that i saw grant

[spark scaffold]

https://youtu.be/hUjWFImu-RI?si=Pk3Vuv2SD94oauZU

This one

[inland totem]

it was a joke

[spark scaffold]

Okay

[inland totem]

bc if you never go outside, you never see grass

[spark scaffold]

It’s in the hard section

Okay

[spark scaffold]

It was right here

[inland totem]

ty

[spark scaffold]

Should that be considered competition math

I left the server when I got here

[snow thistle]

yes you are competing against ur school what

[swift imp]

Ikr like the only thing u competing against ur school for is valedictorian which ultimately is practically useless

[snow thistle]

but most top unis are only gonna select a handful of people from any given school

[inland totem]

square both sides and solve

[snow thistle]

like mit doesnt wanna select 5 people at once from a random shitty public school

[inland totem]

true

[snow thistle]

they have a kinda quota in their mind

[swift imp]

Yea but still imo vs valedictorian they pick imo

[inland totem]

well of course

[swift imp]

If it’s from the same school probably

[snow thistle]

yeah ofc

[inland totem]

it's a whole different level bruh

[swift imp]

Yea

That’s what I’m saying the highest grades don’t mean as much as ecs

[snow thistle]

val is meaningless nowadays

[snow thistle]

yesyes i agree

[swift imp]

Val is a waste of time to grind for

[snow thistle]

yup jsut mop instead

[spark scaffold]

I did substitution

[inland totem]

oh ye

[spark scaffold]

Sub sqrt((9x+27))=y

[swift imp]

You should sub 67 for it

[spark scaffold]

Factor 2x+10 into 2(x+5)

[inland totem]

high grades don't always mean a higher chance of getting into that school u wanna go to

depends on many things

[spark scaffold]

And make same base

And get 3y/2(x+5)=1

Cross multiply

[inland totem]

you're gonna love it when u learn u-sub

[spark scaffold]

3y=2(x+5)

[spark scaffold]

Plug it back

[spark scaffold]

Distribute

[inland totem]

we left that

[swift imp]

teehe

[spark scaffold]

3 x sqrt((9x+27)) = 2x + 10

[swift imp]

https://tenor.com/view/mopping-cleaning-fred-spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-gif-16131646301129140038

my future career

[spark scaffold]

Divide by 3

[inland totem]

it's not terrible

[spark scaffold]

And factor the inside and get 9(x+3)

[snow thistle]

i can mop the floors of cmu if i dont make mop

[inland totem]

paid for doing practically nothing basically

[swift imp]

saying janitors do nothing is crazy

[snow thistle]

also paid practically nothing 😭

[inland totem]

is it hard work? in middle school bathrooms yes

but otherwise, no

[spark scaffold]

3 x sqrt((9x+27)) = 2x + 10
sqrt(9(x+3))= 2x+10/3
3 x sqrt(x+3)= 2x+10/3
take 1/3 out
sqrt(x+3)=2x+10/9
x+3=((2x+10)/(9))^2
x+3=2x^2+40x+100/81

[swift imp]

yes because you are regarded first of all at like the bottom of society
second you have to clean up for hundreds of kids basically and usually there arent that many janitors
they stay like hours after you leave schools to clean up every day

this is for like school janitors

[swift imp]

any job u gotta work hard for

[inland totem]

middle school bathroons are hell

[swift imp]

yea

so are mcdonalds bathrooms

[inland totem]

ehhhhhhhhhh

[swift imp]

look ur a middle schooler i wouldnt expect u to understand lol 😭

no offense ofc

[inland totem]

eew

[spark scaffold]

^

[swift imp]

but dont like downplay any careers cuz we all have like our own paths in life, and every career has a purpose

[swift imp]

teachers too

[spark scaffold]

81(x+3)=2x^2+40x+100
81x+243=2x^2+40x+100
0=2x^2-41x-143

[inland totem]

only for the stable minded:

this is what people have to clean bruh

[swift imp]

urinals without walls

[swift imp]

yes bro

my time working at mcdonalds has taught me some stuff about people

[inland totem]

no one needs walls for urinals

[swift imp]

aka people suck

[swift imp]

?

[inland totem]

why the fuck is it in all caps

[swift imp]

have u heard of boys dont wanna see each others things

😭

[inland totem]

ever heard of "stay 2 stalls away from each other"?

it's a rite of passage atp

[swift imp]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-mr-krabs-funny-real-gif-19865481

I’m sure you can make a math problem based on this

[inland totem]

also no one's looking down

[inland totem]

how many crabs were shown?

[spark scaffold]

Patrick please check

[inland totem]

anyways how i use vieta jumping?

[inland totem]

alr

[spark scaffold]

And plus D: x≠-5

[swift imp]

This step look right

[inland totem]

i gotta go after dis

[spark scaffold]

Okay

It’s fun to do

[inland totem]

so you seem to be right

or at least the right idea

wait igg

[lucid depot]

ts is NOT competition math 😭

[spark scaffold]

Is it pre-calc

Is it pre-algebra

[lucid depot]

yes?

(to pre-calc)

[snow thistle]

are u little fox amc

eric xie

[lucid depot]

no

[snow thistle]

oh

dyk who that is

[lucid depot]

no

[snow thistle]

oh

nvm

whoops

[spark scaffold]

Last one here

Then I move

[spark scaffold]

I get x=13 and x=-11/4

[soft vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-laptop-duh-gif-8033838636860661307

[inland totem]

fr

[swift imp]

have to state the obvious

[long garden]

yall why we keep discussing the answers

💔 💔

and the scores

waht if some kid sees your discussion

[pliant stream]

yeah u right

ty

[long garden]

even in the screenshot of the guy tryna make you buy the test it shows the first few questions 😭

[soft vigil]

WE?

[long garden]

AS IN LIKE

NOT ME

LIKE

LIKE THE PPL AS A WHOLE IDK

[soft vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-gif-1878760417600646737

[swift imp]

huh

[long garden]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-crying-meme-doggo-crys-megan-soo-crying-dog-gif-5276199764143986284

[swift imp]

women in comp math channel goes so crazy

[long garden]

okay bro

[swift imp]

😭

oh yea

that guy

60 bucks for amc nahh

[wooden steppe]

does anybody know what gauss is

[thin pumice]

a) the guy
B) the contest for middle school kids all canadians take

[thin pumice]

well he prob aint a minor like us. Cuz second day and all questions???

[wooden steppe]

ok you know him

and the conest

[thin pumice]

Yep

Which year contest u taking ts year?

[swift imp]

Are yal Canadians

[wooden steppe]

im taking 2026 gauss 7

[swift imp]

This is a competition math channel

We probably all adore famous mathematicians

[wooden steppe]

ok

[long garden]

omg i remember doing gauss in like 7th grade

💀

me and two of my friends went

we were chilling

my friend stole my calculator bc he brought a ti 84 but it was ok

[wooden steppe]

last year i got 126 as a

grade 6

is that gud?

[long garden]

omg for some reason i thought you meant amc10 and i was like yeah thats pretty good

then my dumbass was like

ohh shit im just fucking stupid

but yeah thats still rlly good!!

you can def get it even higher with practice

[wooden steppe]

yay ok

[rugged solstice]

@inland totem need a hint?

[granite zenith]

Can someone give me a hint, pls

[echo ocean]

a path to combinatorics for undergraduates by Titu Andreescu

Am I rìght

[granite zenith]

Yes

[echo ocean]

tbh I kinda forget how I did this one gimme a min

[echo ocean]

So the idea is uhh

we start with a triangle, then add more vertices each time

Till it becomes n-sided polygon

actually no that's a bad explanation

We start with a triangular region with consecutive vertices P_k, P_{k+1}, P_{k+2}

then we have a diagonal P_k P_{k+2}

There're 2 ways to form a triangular region with P_k P_{k+2}

and so on, it's the same pattern

[granite zenith]

Oh thanks

[echo ocean]

also look out for repetition

I don't think it's that many, not sure about that. I just have recalled the idea, haven't actually done it again so

[karmic lodge]

hallo

[novel karma]

https://www.bcmath.ca/mclub/Math Club Logarithm Worksheet 4.pdf
i can't seem to find the solutions for this
can anyone help

[inland totem]

i was asleep bruh

[ivory ember]

Looks like they give you sources, so you should be able to just track down each individual question from the respective contest. For example, looking up the last question gives you

https://www.scribd.com/document/879843940/Euclid-2015
on scribd, where they give you the contest year.

https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2025/2015EuclidSolution.html

searching the database of past solutions gives you the solutions

all of which takes less than a minute

[novel karma]

Tysm found it

[ivory ember]

[wooden steppe]

guys i’m doing amc 8 today..

[inland totem]

good luck

[frank hornet]

yep, that's really goooood!!

I got 120 in gauss 7 two years back

[inland totem]

what's gauss?

some kinda competition?

[frank hornet]

yeah it's a Canadian math contest for 7th and 8th grade

[inland totem]

ah, canada based

cool!

[inland totem]

doesn't this have to do with catalan numbers or sum?

too lazy to work it out tho 😅

[granite zenith]

Idk

I dont think so

It wasn’t covered in the textbook what u mentioned

[woeful seal]

Same

[wooden steppe]

ayyyy

[woeful seal]

What’d you get gr 7

[wooden steppe]

i’m currently in

grade 7

[woeful seal]

Oh

Good luck