competition-math

[inland totem]

woah there buddy

calm down a sec

[little wraith]

mods don’t ban me

🥱🥱

💯

%

[fringe prism]

100% jk

LOL

[little wraith]

wyd guys 🍯🫘🍩🍩

[spiral forum]

i was finna do some homework

[little wraith]

that’s coolio

[spiral forum]

wbu?

[little wraith]

was doing trig but i very much dislike it so im scrolling on tiktok

as usual

i mean i was doing roblox too but i got bored

and in a couple i’m walking my dogs

[spiral forum]

i have no stem courses this semester so life is gloomy

[little wraith]

so much…like world stuff

history and politics

[fringe prism]

LOL SAME

[fringe prism]

why so much geography

[little wraith]

disgusting

😬

[spiral forum]

awareness i guess?

we learn and do cool shi and mess around all day but its torture

[little wraith]

yea true

[fringe prism]

bruh pov ur gonna get tortured:

67 btw

[fringe prism]

Can I have some

[quaint temple]

Where are math questions

[little wraith]

yes 💓

[little wraith]

probably not here

😭

[quaint temple]

Ok

[shy raptor]

If you want to help with maths questions, you can read #❓how-to-get-help.
You don't need to repeatedly post this across multiple channels, thank you

[quaint temple]

Ok thank you this was helpful!

[swift imp]

You want to find maths questions?

Google some

[little wraith]

look at amc8, 10, or 12 depending on your grade level

those r my fav

[swift imp]

Look at aime tbh

Early aime is just amc and its all numerical still

[fringe prism]

thank you 🥹

[fringe prism]

Aime = my love

[zinc ridge]

is ap world hard

[fringe prism]

no it’s one of the free ones

[sturdy thicket]

Aime is stupid

My opp

[little wraith]

😭

[fringe prism]

🙁

[little wraith]

it’s 12 so

good nightttt

[swift imp]

night

[daring sparrow]

hi

,ti nadat12

[gilded halo]

The current time for nadat12 is 11:14 PM (PST) on Wed, 18/02/2026.

[rigid tapir]

.

[granite zenith]

Claudia wants to use 8 indistinguishable red beads and 32 indistinguishable blue beads to make a necklace such that there are at least 2 blue beads between any 2 red beads. In how many ways can she do this? Can somebody tell me- is 23C7 not sufficient?

[swift imp]

,ti

[gilded halo]

The current time for katethecatt is 10:32 PM (AEDT) on Thu, 19/02/2026.

[swift imp]

fake

[gilded halo]

User cancelled member selection.

Feb 19, 2026, 11:32 AM

[spiral forum]

have a cs comp in a few hours wish me luck guys :3

[zinc ridge]

good luck

[kind pulsar]

no since the order actually still matters

for example 1,7,8 is different from 1,8,7

so you have to count more than once

but some cases like 2,7,7 is counted only once since it can be rotated to form all other permutations 7,2,7 and 7,7,2

so it's hard to count

[granite zenith]

So confusing cause the chapter from the textbook is about combinations but here the order matters

[granite zenith]

So do u have any idea or a hint how to solve it?

[granite zenith]

And what do u mean by the numbers? Because I mean, beads are indistinguishable

In that case

[fringe prism]

good night

[kind pulsar]

I mean the number of blue beads between every 2 red beads

[kind pulsar]

the necklace is supposed to be circular right?

please correct me in case I misinterpreted the problem

[granite zenith]

Yeah

[kindred wraith]

what is your thought process that led you to 23C7?

where did the 23 come from?

[granite zenith]

Well, we have 8 gaps to place 2 blue beads. Because the necklace is circular, and using stars and bars, we can say that 2 × 8 = 16 beads are evenly placed in every gap (since there must be at least 2 in each gap). So the problem really is to figure out how many different possibilities there are to choose the set of bars from n + k - 1, where n is the number of stars and k - 1 is the number of bars. Here, n = 32 - 16 = 16, and thus n + k - 1 = 16 + 8 - 1 = 23, and logically k - 1 = 7. Therefore, we have 23 choose 7.

[kindred wraith]

ok that sounds reasonable

yeah the tricky bit is definitely the circular ordering

i think this problem is particularly ugly because you have to account for not only the ordering of the groups, but also the 8-fold symmetry

like lets say we write out the number of excess beads (beads greater than 2) for each segment

some ways to distribute the blue beads include like

16-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2

3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1

[granite zenith]

Oh

[kindred wraith]

the first way can be rotated distinctly 8 ways, the second 1 way, and the last one 2 ways

so this problem probably has a lot of very dirty casework

to count everything that can be rotated 8 ways

you probably want to apply complementary counting

[granite zenith]

Which branch of math is that?

[kindred wraith]

combinatorics or group theory probably?

[granite zenith]

Oh ok. Is it difficult tho to learn it from scratch?

[kindred wraith]

i mean, is this problem part of your homework?

if it is, you could probably solve it with only the tools you have

you probably dont need group theory

its just a problem with a lot of dirty steps, but otherwise not bad, just tedious

[granite zenith]

No, no. I’m just interested in learning combinatorics by myself, and I’m in high school, so I haven’t learned group theory yet. Before this problem, there were only “pure” counting problems, maybe with the exception of some modular arithmetic, which isn’t that difficult.

[kindred wraith]

not sure what you mean by "pure" counting problem but this can be tackled with probably something very close

but to answer your question in that case, its very easy to learn all of the tools needed for this problem

the symmetry is just division

group theory is overkill

[granite zenith]

Ok ok

[granite zenith]

Yeah

[granite zenith]

Do you know where I can find suitable literature to learn about symmetries?

[kindred wraith]

btw here is a channel that goes over some foundational combi stuff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjAHkn4VFI

[granite zenith]

Thanks

[kindred wraith]

some of it might be a bit "easy" but will at least reframe these concepts in ways that build good habits

as for literature probably my goto, supplemented by this channel, is "art of problem solving intro to probability and combinatorics"

but other people might have a better repertoire and can recommend more/better stuff

[little wraith]

hello 👋

[sinful ermine]

how do i do this ?

[fringe prism]

halloa

[little wraith]

i just woke up i’m so tired

[little wraith]

ahhhh that looks horrible

[sinful ermine]

yeah

[fringe prism]

first start with factoring the 2nd equation

[sinful ermine]

tried that and i cant get ahead of 100(ab+ac+bc) - abc = 10^6 * 2

one time i reached (a^2 + b^2 + c^2)(300-a-b-c) = 0

but thats useless

[fringe prism]

well u can use subsitution by saying b+c = 300-a a+c = 300-b and a+b=300-c

[sinful ermine]

i did that only

[fringe prism]

bc u can group the 2nd equation by doing a^2(b+c)+b^2(a+c)+c^2(a+b) = 60000000

then u subsitute those in

[thin hinge]

Are you studying for IOQM?

[sinful ermine]

yeah

kinda

[fringe prism]

pov ur at school doing math

[thin hinge]

Nice

[thin hinge]

Good luck tho, you might require it

[sinful ermine]

thanks

[little wraith]

haha imagine

[fringe prism]

): studying for tuesday quiz

plus concert today

and on monday

[little wraith]

oooo concert

lock in

[fringe prism]

no.

[little wraith]

[little wraith]

[fringe prism]

hi

[little wraith]

hello zelix 👋

[fringe prism]

hallo friend

[little wraith]

qu’est que tu fais maintenant

[fringe prism]

je suis dans la classe d’orchestra

[spiral forum]

update: my friend got ||5pts|| , i got ||17|| ggs
but the thing is were not rly interested in competitive programming and in regular cs we dominate he finished w like 98 and me a 95. competitve programming is very much different from building software and modelling w math but overall a cool experience, learning to write faster code couldnt hurt 😁

[inland totem]

le baguette 🥖

[hallow lintel]

doing math olympiad questions with no training, is this a good idea?

[zinc ridge]

isnt that training itself

[inland totem]

🍅

[radiant shoal]

the olympiad questions is the training

unless you're doing an actual competition

[little wraith]

ah bon

[tiny eagle]

wee wee baguette 🥖

[inland totem]

🥐

oui oui

eiffel tower

[tiny eagle]

Parie parie

Pastry 🥮

[little wraith]

wyd

[tiny eagle]

Doing the easy daily integral

[little wraith]

fun stuff

😌

[inland totem]

what abt medium and hard

[tiny eagle]

Chill I js started I always go from beginner

Ok imma actually do this now

[inland totem]

oohhhh i see

[swift imp]

who wanna integrate

[inland totem]

integrate what

[little wraith]

i would try but i’m at a friends house

[tiny eagle]

I was absolutely tweaking on the easy

I finished tho

And the medium

Medium was fine

[inland totem]

medium was easy today

[tiny eagle]

I lwk took so long cuz I forgot to change my bounds on medium 😔

And was confused

[tiny eagle]

Fr

[inland totem]

i'm scared of today's limit tho

[tiny eagle]

Did u get the hard?

[inland totem]

didn't do it yet. dunno why

[tiny eagle]

Oh shoot I don’t even do anything but integrals oops

Maybe I’ll give it a look

[tiny eagle]

lol

I can never get the hard ones cuz I haven’t studied calc 3 yet or pretty much any special functions

[inland totem]

u usually don't need calc iii unless the integral is testing that (line, surface, etc)

and the fancier techniques are hard to learn

[tiny eagle]

Oh really? Ok

[tiny eagle]

Yea… the fanciest technique ik is like kings rule 😭 I can barely do Euler sub and Feynman trick but I’m bad at applying it

[inland totem]

king's rule helped like the day before yesterday i think

with the sqare root of sines and cosines

[tiny eagle]

Yea it was on the medium
Iirc I got that one

@inland totem how do u study integration techniques

[inland totem]

watching yt videos 😭

on the topic

[fringe prism]

LOL

[tiny eagle]

So real

No books or anything?

[inland totem]

i only have comp books

[fringe prism]

Or js ask a friend to carry

[tiny eagle]

BRO THATS LITERALLY HOW IK CALC LMFAO

[fringe prism]

Same LOL

[tiny eagle]

MY FRIEND JS LEARNED SO MUCH RANDOMLY IN 8th GRADE AND HE TUAGHT ME ALL OF IT

HES TAUGHT ME ALL IK SO FAR TOO

[fringe prism]

best method fr

[radiant shoal]

where do yall like

do comp math

im interested but idk how

[inland totem]

in my house

at my desk

[radiant shoal]

what website bro

[inland totem]

ohh

aops

every time

[radiant shoal]

or do you just like chatgpt oly questions

[inland totem]

no

i don't like clankers

[zinc ridge]

I LOVE CLANKERS

but i dont consult gpt for studying

i js use it for like

solution explanation when there arent other sources

[inland totem]

i use it for clash 😭

[zinc ridge]

fah!

[inland totem]

so tuff

[zinc ridge]

i night have to actually do mayh homwrred

so buns

algebra ii is free

[inland totem]

go do ur mayh homwrred

[zinc ridge]

maet chimered

[inland totem]

https://tenor.com/view/pen-in-flames-umineko-writing-in-flames-flames-gif-20892510

[fringe prism]

Hi friends

[brisk mural]

do you play alcumus

[inland totem]

sometimes, ye

it's fun

[pine escarp]

do any of yall use mathdash

[inland totem]

pay-to use

so no

[empty python]

Hello

[fringe prism]

Hallo

[fringe prism]

hi

[ivory ember]

<@&268886789983436800>

[empty python]

I am a student of 10th grade.

[fringe prism]

Me too

[empty python]

10th?

[little wraith]

guess where i’m going again 😔

[icy drift]

$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{\arctan\left(x\right)}{x^{2}+2}dx$

[gilded halo]

Roy

[knotty yoke]

$\approx 0.994079$ is the answer of your integral.

[gilded halo]

LemmaLover

[knotty yoke]

0.9940794533086033434795962504876603378574116451022534276536076160
if you need more precision.

[sinful ermine]

Hey guys, i was wondering, how much time i should attempt a problem before i give up and look up the solution?

[granite zenith]

Depends

[granite zenith]

What kind of problem?

[fringe prism]

home

[fringe prism]

yes

[knotty yoke]

At least an hour or so, ig.

[little wraith]

skiing 😭

[empty python]

Which region

[fringe prism]

RIPPPP

[fringe prism]

na

[queen nymph]

bold

[fringe prism]

hallo friend

[queen nymph]

wsp

[fringe prism]

hi

[queen nymph]

hydoing

[fringe prism]

good wbu friend

[queen nymph]

im good js still pissed off from my exams nothing intreseting really

[fringe prism]

o RIP what classes

[queen nymph]

x

[fringe prism]

whats x

[queen nymph]

10ht

grade 10

[fringe prism]

r u na

[radiant jasper]

Guys i need help with math

[queen nymph]

?

[queen nymph]

you could ask i help channels

[radiant jasper]

Ok

[sonic plover]

Who can help with 12th grade math

[fringe prism]

north american

america*

[little wraith]

i’m so upset i got banned off tiktok for no reason

😭

[fringe prism]

wait why

[little wraith]

one of my close friend has a friend who really sucks and she has something against all of us (friends of her friend) and she reported my account after saying rude things about my posts

like she would send them to my friend and say “ewwww she’s so weird or ugly” or smth

pmo

so yea

but it’s okay i have like 7 more i can use

[prime sail]

isn't that a favour?

[fringe prism]

bruhh rippp

[fringe prism]

jmo?

[fringe prism]

yea would be for me, i dont like tik tok

[little wraith]

eh i mean i def control my screentime i’d say 75% of it is just calling my friends since due to rainy weather i spend hours on facetime

[inland totem]

hi

[fringe prism]

REAL

[fringe prism]

HI

[inland totem]

weekend time 😃

[little wraith]

finally

[radiant jasper]

Help

[inland totem]

so if digits from 0-9 is used are used, just count for each hundred, tens, and ones place first (same by symmetry), and count for the thousands place.

then multiply them together

[radiant jasper]

Ty

[swift imp]

i have like 1 hour 30 minutes screentime on my phone and it is literally calling my parents on whatsapp and texting on instagram

and google maps

@inland totem why the !?

[inland totem]

who summoned me

oh

i just felt like it

[inland totem]

wait today's daily limit is so easy

[prime sail]

what is your screentime, actually?

[inland totem]

tiktok is an ass company imo, but some people do like the app

[fringe prism]

REAL

and hi

(No using wave reaction)

:(((((

[plain robin]

yo can anyone help me study for a competiton called JHMC(Junior High Math Contest)?

[zinc ridge]

wait so i kinda got 36*55^3

[little wraith]

fr especially now that uh..someone owns it

[pallid dragon]

yeah

[fringe prism]

LOLLL

[small loom]

hello does anyone have any advice on how to be able to solve aime problems

this is what i have solved so far

[little wraith]

iykwim 😭

[fringe prism]

not rlly 😭

[small loom]

my friend testsolved that

[fringe prism]

same

[swift imp]

nerds

[knotty yoke]

Cool problem for yall to try:
Find the number of subsets of ${1,2,3,4, 5, \dots, 5000}$ such that the sum of all the elements of these subsets is divisible by 3.

[gilded halo]

LemmaLover

[mighty pine]

pretty interesting

[swift imp]

lokey this 3b1b video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXCLR3Wric

[snow thistle]

daniel right

[snow thistle]

isn’t this just a generalized version of 2018 aime 1 p12

[swift imp]

I’ve see that problem before too

[balmy lintel]

Yall got any not so well known theorems or facts that might prove helpful in a competition? (LA specifically)

[rare ridge]

Depends on what competition

[dense dust]

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[inland totem]

idk

go do it urself

[inland totem]

i swear this is similar to am aime problem i did

[small loom]

tf

how did you know

oh mutual friend

[frank surge]

anyone here knowledged in the UKMT?

[radiant jasper]

i do amc 12

and 10

[barren anvil]

i do amc10

[zinc ridge]

i think it is

[inland totem]

dur

[little wraith]

hi guys

[idle harness]

is it $\frac{2^{5000}+2^{1667}}{3}$

[gilded halo]

Tsuki

[idle harness]

isnt this roots of unity filter

thats definitely NOT pre-u lol

[inland totem]

yes

did u get this from generating func?

[fringe prism]

hi

[fringe prism]

hallo

[inland totem]

ni hao

[snow thistle]

rouf is everywhere now ngl

its like the one evaluation method that everyone knows for genfunc

i was at a local shitty math comp today within in my state and one of the questions was literally just direct application of rouf

[inland totem]

it's really the only method for extracting coefficients

so u need to know it to actually know "gen functions" imo

[snow thistle]

i mean

theres some other ways

snake oil

is probably the second most common

[tiny eagle]

Are we talking about Daniel

Dimitrov

[inland totem]

the only useful method for most cases

[fringe prism]

LOL HI

[inland totem]

wait i've never learned this one

[fringe prism]

me 2 friend

[soft vigil]

What is this

[zinc ridge]

whale oil

[fringe prism]

https://tenor.com/view/cigar-barish-image-gif-26607457

LOL

[snow thistle]

its like

when you have a sum that you want to evaluate

like $a_n = \sum_{k}$

[gilded halo]

yiz

[snow thistle]

oops

$a_n = \sum_{k} F(k,n)$

[gilded halo]

yiz

[snow thistle]

and then you can consider the generating function with the x^n term having coefficient a_n

and now since its a double summation you can swap the order of summationa

and sometimes it becomes much easier to compute

[inland totem]

hmmm

no my brain is wired to ROUF

[snow thistle]

i mean rouf cant evaluate a lot of things

snake oil is less common

[inland totem]

works for small moduli and that's what i normally use it for

if the k is too big, i just skip the question

[snow thistle]

what thats not how rouf works 😭

[inland totem]

hmmm

what

[snow thistle]

it computes the sum of the coefficients of the terms with exponent that are divisible by the same number

it doesnt matter how many terms there are

[inland totem]

it's just extracting terms

[snow thistle]

unless you mean k as in the k-th root of unity

if that k is too big

oh is that what you meant

oops

[inland totem]

what else was it supposed to mean

[snow thistle]

i thought you meant the number of terms

😭

[inland totem]

i don't see k too often in math anyways

[snow thistle]

mb

[inland totem]

ohhhhh

it's fine

[sturdy knoll]

why rouf

[inland totem]

cuz it's cool

[sturdy knoll]

what is rouf

[inland totem]

roots of unity filter i believe

[sturdy knoll]

i tried searching it up

i couldnt find anything

oh

[inland totem]

think it's supposed to be RUF, but idk

[sturdy knoll]

bro i gotta start knowing ts niche technoquea

techniques

[inland totem]

go learn gen func first

[sturdy knoll]

is gen func the pathway to all of these niche things

[inland totem]

sure

there are nicher things

tho

[sturdy knoll]

wait is a gen func like

a certain type of reimann or sum

[inland totem]

no

search it up

[sturdy knoll]

i did

it’s a riemann

[inland totem]

if i say so, then it isn't

[sturdy knoll]

then what is it

[inland totem]

idk

something

polynomial

[sturdy knoll]

it’s riemann

[inland totem]

no relying on the clankas 💔

[fringe prism]

LOLLL

[sturdy knoll]

bruh

[inland totem]

clankas are mentally disabled

go to a trusted site or sum

[thorny tusk]

'clankas'

[inland totem]

clankas

[sturdy knoll]

so what is it

[sturdy knoll]

okay

mit

riemann shm

[inland totem]

where is riemann

me no see riemann

[inland totem]

that's just summation notation

∑

[sturdy knoll]

same thing beo

[inland totem]

no

[sturdy knoll]

bruh

well if

ig*

[inland totem]

hmmm

[little wraith]

ts is NOT riemann sum

[sturdy knoll]

i js call them that

[little wraith]

but it’s completely different

[inland totem]

yes

also btw is my username true

i need this for something

[sturdy knoll]

yeah ion really care

it gets the message across

[little wraith]

that’s just wrong tho

[little wraith]

boomer and osa 💔

[sturdy knoll]

who is boomer anf osa

[inland totem]

yes or no

pick one

[little wraith]

i choose osa

[sturdy knoll]

yes

[tiny eagle]

Fuh no as a calc lover I feel attacked by u calling sum notation Riemann sums 😭

[inland totem]

ye

[fierce sapphire]

we got mfers larping calc knowledge now

[little wraith]

fr

[sturdy knoll]

yo chill

i’ll start calling them what they are ig✌️

sigh sm work

[fringe prism]

Hi friends

[little wraith]

hi child

[fringe prism]

hi yunc

[sturdy knoll]

yo

[fringe prism]

hello friend wsp

[inland totem]

unc

[fringe prism]

hi older unc

[inland totem]

i'm younger than u

[fringe prism]

prove it rn

[inland totem]

idk

lemme think

[fringe prism]

ok unc

[inland totem]

hmmm

js gotta believe

[fringe prism]

LOL

[little wraith]

hi mega unc

[fringe prism]

by 2 yrs 💔

[little wraith]

two really long years

63072000 seconds

[fringe prism]

super duper short years

0.63072000 seconds

[little wraith]

even longer if you have an early bday

[fringe prism]

i have the latest birthday known to man

[little wraith]

december 31?

[inland totem]

hmmm

[fringe prism]

and 24 hrs 59 minutes 59.9999999999999 seconds

[little wraith]

nahh

[thin pumice]

23, right and which grade r yall in???

[little wraith]

8

wbu

[thin pumice]

sameee

[little wraith]

ayyyy

[fringe prism]

bruh so many uncs

[sturdy thicket]

What grade are u

[little wraith]

says the sophomore

😇

[fringe prism]

the not unc grade

[fringe prism]

SOO young

[sturdy thicket]

Oh

Ok

[fringe prism]

yea super young

[sturdy thicket]

Ok

[little wraith]

arggg

when idk what to say i send random photos

[inland totem]

wait isn't it like 9pm rn

[little wraith]

yea 9:30 that’s from yesterday 😛

[inland totem]

ohhh

[little wraith]

yeaaaa

[fringe prism]

LOLLLL

hi friends

and uncs

[little wraith]

hi friends

and unc

notice how i only said unc

not uncs

[spiral forum]

heyo

[little wraith]

isn’t this just integration by parts?

[ivory ember]

Yes you could do it like that

[inland totem]

yes

[fringe prism]

oui

[fringe prism]

ok yunc

[spiral forum]

yeah

[idle harness]

integrate twice

its faster if you use the table method

[inland totem]

di?

[idle harness]

yea

[little wraith]

in the video they were over hyping it

“this is the ninth problem on this random mit exam”

i was confused cuz like

[fringe prism]

bruh

thats like a problem 1 on bee

[ivory ember]

a lot of youtubers bait by [easy question] + [something prestigious] + [1%]

pay no mind to it

[little wraith]

oh

😭😭

[fringe prism]

yea, maybe number 2

idk

[little wraith]

i didn’t see trust

[fringe prism]

see what

[sturdy knoll]

yo for like

ibp

[ivory ember]

I feel like this wouldn't even be on the bee

I could see some people having this memorised

but I digress

[sturdy knoll]

is there lile a rule on what you should make your uh

u value

[fringe prism]

yea prob like question -1

[fringe prism]

theres no rule, u js make it whats most convinient for the problem

[idle harness]

LIATE

[sturdy knoll]

wpuld you by parts twice

[inland totem]

i never learned that 😔

js go with the flow

[idle harness]

log, inverse trig, algebraic, trigo, exponential

[sturdy knoll]

that’s uh whag logs smth algebra trig and smth

close enough

[idle harness]

left takes higher priority

[sturdy knoll]

i see

[idle harness]

true

[sturdy knoll]

wpuld you by parts twice?

[idle harness]

if you do enough questions you can just directly think of what you need

[sturdy knoll]

what’s the table method

[inland totem]

i love food

[inland totem]

tabular integration

[idle harness]

write down D and I, then directly differentiate and integrate under it twice

one sec

[sturdy knoll]

where do i find quesyions besides chat gpt since chat gpt is like wrong sometimes

ive found sum sites

but they got like twenty ish quesyions only

[sturdy knoll]

oh

[sturdy knoll]

oh wait my friend did ts oncr

[little wraith]

YESS I LIVE BY LIATE

[inland totem]

lieat

[fringe prism]

yeet

[idle harness]

its faster than writing u and dv twice

[fringe prism]

rral

[sturdy knoll]

oh

wait

that’s easy ash

[idle harness]

yea

[sturdy knoll]

wait for liate that determines your u value right?

or your dv

its u

[idle harness]

for u you want ones to the left of liate

[sturdy knoll]

it has to be

[idle harness]

for dv you want to the right

[sturdy knoll]

oh

i see

[little wraith]

[fringe prism]

hi friend

[thin pumice]

wowwww how old r u?

[little wraith]

hi pookie

[little wraith]

he’s very unc

[fringe prism]

extremely below unc age

[fringe prism]

hai

[little wraith]

i’m so bored omg

i’m lowkey listening to bp
audios and solving random math problems

makes things less boring

[fringe prism]

this is y u play violin

complete boredom buster

[little wraith]

i’m not very musical

unfortunately

[fringe prism]

Bruh me too

[little wraith]

😭

[spiral forum]

based ash

[fringe prism]

real LOL

[spiral forum]

i was watching yt and now im bored i slept the entire day

[fringe prism]

bruh real

did math and violin all day and now its dark outside

[thin pumice]

violin is torture bro

[little wraith]

what did u guys get for 6

[fringe prism]

how, its super fun

[fringe prism]

are we picking a,b, or c?

[thin pumice]

uhhh tell u tmrwww

[little wraith]

oh mb i mean c

range of c

x

[fringe prism]

ok js plug in 5 and find the largest side and set an inequality to the 2 sides being greater than that side

[little wraith]

yea it was pretty easy i did it already i just wanna confirm with someone

[thin pumice]

24/5＜x<5 i think, but i didnt use paper so there might be calculation mistakes

[fringe prism]

same lol

[little wraith]

i’m fricking bite

hire

bored

i’m just scrolling to a random page in my textbook and solving it cuz the whole thing is so ways

easy

[thorny tusk]

school txtbook?

[turbid escarp]

eww

school 🙁

[thorny tusk]

real

lol

[turbid escarp]

im not ready for monday!!!

[little wraith]

yea

[little wraith]

there’s a storm so i don’t have school and probs not on tuesday as well

haha

[turbid escarp]

omg luckyyyyy

[thorny tusk]

wth bro

i go to school in -30 C weather

fah

[little wraith]

it’s cuz there’s a snow storm and the roads r blocked

[little wraith]

it was -32 last week 😍

[thorny tusk]

r u like ontario or somethn

[little wraith]

nah east coast

[thorny tusk]

i assume all canadians i dont know on dc are ontario people tho 😭

[little wraith]

😭

[thorny tusk]

i mean

its usually right

[little wraith]

i lived in canada for approximately one month

[thorny tusk]

rly?

[little wraith]

temporary solution till we went back to east coast

i’m slavic born so i didn’t always have a citizenship

i got it about 5 years ago tho

[turbid escarp]

umm ive visited canada :).......does that count?

[thorny tusk]

wheres east again...

[thorny tusk]

as... living there?

uh

[little wraith]

this

[thorny tusk]

no?

[thorny tusk]

13 colonies!

[little wraith]

right side

[thorny tusk]

i learned that in social studies

like

[little wraith]

me too!

[thorny tusk]

British colony

[little wraith]

i’m on american revolution

[thorny tusk]

im candian

so

[little wraith]

i think we’re doing same unit

[thorny tusk]

uh

[little wraith]

oh yea

oops 🙊

[thorny tusk]

lol

we're learning about the other 2 colonies in usa and canada at the time

ruperts land(british)

and new france(french duh)

[thorny tusk]

.

[turbid escarp]

wtf?

[thorny tusk]

this is

so

competition-math related

[little wraith]

my bad

[turbid escarp]

lol real 😛

[little wraith]

i think we should appreciate the dr house

[thorny tusk]

wut

[turbid escarp]

omg i love him!!

[thorny tusk]

uh

who

[thorny tusk]

this guy doing a very long middle finger

?

[little wraith]

me too

[little wraith]

yes

[turbid escarp]

yes

[turbid escarp]

oop gurlieee

[little wraith]

mods don’t ban me

[turbid escarp]

lol he is sooo funny!!

[thorny tusk]

hm

should i try the house thingy then

HOUSE

[turbid escarp]

yess lol gnnn ppl!!

[thorny tusk]

gn

[little wraith]

gnnn

i think i asked about this problem a while ago i think it’s quite nice

[thorny tusk]

latex failed

dolla dolla

[little wraith]

oops

gn guys

finally sleeping

[ivory jay]

wait i love these problems i did a similar one in my local math comp and it was good

[fringe prism]

gg

[fringe prism]

bruh money sign

[little wraith]

fr

[little wraith]

oops

😭😭

[fringe prism]

LOLLL

[thorny tusk]

'finally sleeping'

[fringe prism]

LOL

MAKE A WISH TIME

I WISH I QUAL FOR USNCO

AND AIME NEXT YR

[thorny tusk]

USNCO?

alr make a wish

i wish

for

CMO next year

[fringe prism]

chief marketting officer?

[fringe prism]

chem olympiad

[quaint panther]

28, use measurements and pythagoras theorem

[sinful ermine]

$Number of positive integral solutions (a,b,c,d), a<b<c<d satisfying 1/a + 1/b + 1/c + 1/d = 1$

[gilded halo]

Placidus

[sinful ermine]

what thoughts come yall's minds? I cant think of anything except trial and error. One thing i figured is that a,b,c | d. maybe

[static torrent]

yo!

if anyone has good resources for comp math for beginners could u please dm me

thanks

like books, videos and anything else

[swift imp]

beginner as in what

[red yarrow]

two externally disjoint circles o1 and o2. find locus of centers of circles that at orthogonal to o1 and externally tangent to o2
can anyone give me a solution or a tip? i think it might be a parabola but i am not sure

[inland totem]

well, first set up 2 equations with the info given

then get those equations to equal the same thing, and proceed from there

[thin pumice]

normal canadian child?

[thorny tusk]

lol fr

u cant call it fun tho

[thorny tusk]

💀 no canadian math olympiad

[thorny tusk]

hm i should do that

is it hard

[inland totem]

chem is hard

[thorny tusk]

oh.

[little wraith]

oops

good morning guys

[umbral glen]

what's that username

[inland totem]

for a diff server

[umbral glen]

[tiny eagle]

Chem highkey fun but u have to know so muc

Wait how’s the sciences ranking

Phys>chem>bio>environmental

[thorny tusk]

phys is math no?

[bold tendon]

physics is best

[thorny tusk]

yea

[bold tendon]

yes

[little wraith]

i like bio and physics

[bold tendon]

physics is foundation for everything

[little wraith]

bio is too low here

[uncut glacier]

true

[thorny tusk]

but math is

[bold tendon]

true

[thorny tusk]

wat do u even do it bio bro

i should know this

but idk

[little wraith]

like

everything

[bold tendon]

??

[little wraith]

just bio stuff

[bold tendon]

but like what

[naive cobalt]

Hi guys

[thorny tusk]

woww

[naive cobalt]

Hi

[thorny tusk]

i didnt know that!

[uncut glacier]

very surprising

[thorny tusk]

hello

[naive cobalt]

I said hi

[uncut glacier]

bye

[thorny tusk]

lol

[naive cobalt]

A question in a competition I participated had a polynomial function and asked me how many zeros it had

All I rember that it was cubic

[thorny tusk]

3?

[naive cobalt]

Trinomial

A cubic trinomial

[thorny tusk]

oh.

so like

zeros still = solutions here?

[naive cobalt]

No, thats how many roots

[thorny tusk]

but

[naive cobalt]

Like how many x intercepts it has

[thorny tusk]

wut

but

its a trinomial?

three variables?

[naive cobalt]

A cubic trinomail

[naive cobalt]

No one

[thorny tusk]

'trinomail'

[thorny tusk]

but

'trinomial' means 3 variables

i think im trippin

[naive cobalt]

No it means 3 terms

[thorny tusk]

im trippin

yup

im gonna go slap myself now

anyways

isnt it

still

like

3

or 2

or 1

or 0

[naive cobalt]

It was a cubic trinomial and I remember that the leading coefficient is 1 and the second term has a degree of 1 and the last term was a constant

[thorny tusk]

so

[naive cobalt]

Just give me a way to solve

[thorny tusk]

x^3 + ax + b = 0?

[naive cobalt]

It’s cubic it can’t be zero

[thorny tusk]

oh right

hm

cant be 2 either

[naive cobalt]

A function not an equation

[thorny tusk]

same same but different!

[naive cobalt]

Continue

[thorny tusk]

hm

rational root theorem

or

intermediate value theorem

by

testing values

[naive cobalt]

I tried doing that but I ran out of time

[thorny tusk]

if the roots were irrational then it would take some time if u weren't lucky

[naive cobalt]

Actually I’ll go ask pre calc I’ll ask if they have something in their neck pockets upside down

[inland totem]

ooh taylor series

[naive cobalt]

Taylor swift?

[thorny tusk]

its a math gc bro

taylor series

[naive cobalt]

I’ll just go change my pfp to chemistry sheet

Better

Do I look better

Ok I’ll go learn math

[thorny tusk]

yup

[naive cobalt]

Yay

Thx

Where is the chemistry server

[inland totem]

hmmm

[naive cobalt]

Does it even exist

[inland totem]

i think so

[tiny eagle]

It does

In #old-network I think

[fringe prism]

No just know a buncha stuff

[fringe prism]

O shoot AgNO3-

Where’s the minus 🙁

O shoot it’s make a wish time

I WISH I QUAL NATIONAL EXAM

[thorny tusk]

for wat

[inland totem]

dew it

[fringe prism]

Chem

[fringe prism]

wha

[inland totem]

t

[little wraith]

boomer cheated on osa ☹️

[inland totem]

[little wraith]

news of the century

[naive cobalt]

Hi

[thorny tusk]

boomer cheated on osa???

[thorny tusk]

hi!

[inland totem]

yes

[naive cobalt]

It’s a chemical formula why would I need the minus

[fringe prism]

nvm I rhoufht it was an ion for a sec

[naive cobalt]

It is

Ionic

[inland totem]

what ion

[naive cobalt]

Ag is the cation

[fringe prism]

I mean like a non one to one ration ion

[naive cobalt]

And NO3 is the anion

[fringe prism]

Agno3

[inland totem]

anion > cation

[fringe prism]

Real

[naive cobalt]

Why

[fringe prism]

minus morr juicy than plus

plus, metals are ambiguous too

[little wraith]

[little wraith]

i’m going to to gym

in the middle of a blizzard

[tiny eagle]

Dedication

[little wraith]

fr 😇

[fringe prism]

🙁

rip

[inland totem]

good

[fringe prism]

real

[fringe prism]

hi

friends

[little wraith]

hi people

[inland totem]

hi

[inland totem]

hi

[fringe prism]

unc alert

[fringe prism]

hallo

[little wraith]

uncer alert

wyd

[fringe prism]

chem wbu

[inland totem]

do math

[little wraith]

grocery shopping

😔

ima finish my gauss prep
later

[fringe prism]

NO

[fringe prism]

RIP

[little wraith]

[inland totem]

you could take this to the help channels

[fringe prism]

LL

LOL

Yucky geometry

[little wraith]

do we use pythagorean? it’s asking abt the diagonal right

#20

[fringe prism]

Js use the distance formula

[little wraith]

which is 😔

idk why i don’t know it

[fringe prism]

Root x1 minus x2 squared plus root y1 minus y2 squared

[little wraith]

thank uu

[fringe prism]

ya

o ahoot it’s x2 minus’s x1 and y2-y1

oopsies LOL

been so long

[naive cobalt]

its litterary just the pythagrean theorem

just like the quadratic formula being completing the square

[barren anvil]

fr

[oak tartan]

Doesnt really matter since we square it

[fringe prism]

O yea true

[sturdy knoll]

yeah

it’s a 5 12 13 triangle

[fringe prism]

Yea

[inland totem]

tra la la

[little wraith]

this was my answer

[sturdy knoll]

yeah

[inland totem]

food man

[sturdy knoll]

i love food

[naive cobalt]

i dont

[little wraith]

i usually do

just ate like ten pieces of bread

[inland totem]

bred

good