competition-math

[viral sierra]

nice

[inland totem]

I’m buns at comp math tho

[olive haven]

Oop. I find the problems interesting. I love proof-based problems that take you time to think on

[carmine junco]

its not there dawg

[viral sierra]

Also, are your lassmates also still "learning" how to measure angles with protractors?

[silver forge]

thats excellent hobby

[inland totem]

We did that but some still struggle

[silver forge]

lmao

[viral sierra]

Ikr, and before that they were learning addition. im being serious

[inland totem]

Bruh

[olive haven]

Mhm. I took that one this year. Didn’t win any medals (wasn’t aiming to, anyway) but I really liked it)) I then brought the problems home and worked though them all

[silver forge]

last year i kinda came up with the idea of using integration before knowing it existed to solve geometry

but

i didnt know how to execute it

[inland totem]

I love using call to solve stuff built for 7th graders

Calculus

[silver forge]

lol

[inland totem]

Bruh autocorrect

[silver forge]

just solve normally bro

[viral sierra]

An excellent hobby

[silver forge]

shit no img spam

[viral sierra]

Also, do you guys ever get too lazy to do normal inequalities, and js use derivatives instead?

[silver forge]

almost forgot that almost got me executed last time

[thorny tusk]

yess

[carmine junco]

guys idk how to find MAA AMC test centres

[viral sierra]

it always annoys my teacher so much (non school)

[silver forge]

bro asked ts twenty times already

[carmine junco]

yeah

[ashen hatch]

Lmao my teacher marked me down on a frq once for “not showing my work”

[silver forge]

someone help bro out

[thorny tusk]

o wow

[ashen hatch]

Have you asked in person

oh

nvm then 😭

oh damn

yeah thats real lwk

i mean i wanted to be challenge dat school,i was challenged, and then i got so frustrated of being challenged that i learned all the material and now im bored again... so. it doesn't always work out..

I suppose

[radiant shoal]

a certain someone really hates combinatorics

[ashen hatch]

Fair I guess….

[fringe prism]

ye

[inland totem]

Hi Orz man

Ye same

[silver forge]

tbh, self studying is difficult without proper guidance

unless you follow strictly by textbook

at least theres online resources now than before

[inland totem]

I js use multiple sources

[silver forge]

thats effective too

[olive haven]

Maybe. I personally find that I learn way better by self-studying and without someone hovering over me

[stuck owl]

Can somebody help me in
Int. 1+sin(logx)/1+cos(logx) dx

[fallen apex]

#calculus

This is not competitive level

[stuck owl]

Sowry

[fallen apex]

Bro

Go to #precalculus for that

[umbral glen]

$\begin{aligned}
&\text{Calculus channel would be better but anyways} \
I &= \int \frac{1+\sin(\log x)}{1+\cos(\log x)},dx \
&\text{Let } u = \log x,\qquad dx = e^u,du \
\Rightarrow\quad
I &= \int e^u \left( \frac{1}{1+\cos u} + \frac{\sin u}{1+\cos u} \right),du \
&= \int e^u \left( \frac{1}{2}\sec^2\frac{u}{2} + \tan\frac{u}{2} \right),du \
&\text{Use } \int e^x(f(x)+f'(x)),dx = e^x f(x) + C
\end{aligned}$

[gilded halo]

| caesar |

[spark scaffold]

What about this

[radiant shoal]

b?

[spark scaffold]

Yes

How

[sudden flicker]

-1 and 1

[spark scaffold]

did u do Pn=i^(n(n+1)/2)

[sudden flicker]

i^2 and 1^ 4 will give only distinct real numbers

[radiant shoal]

yeah

[spark scaffold]

That’s what I thought of

[radiant shoal]

no i just used that i²=-1 and i⁴=1

and so on

[spark scaffold]

Ik the cycle

[sudden flicker]

so whats the confusion..?

[spark scaffold]

i^0 = 1, i^1= i, i^2=-1, and i^3=-i

[spark scaffold]

None

[sudden flicker]

👍🏼

[spark scaffold]

Would a be 1

[sudden flicker]

3

no?

[spark scaffold]

That’s when x^2-x+2 is (x+1)(x+2)

[sudden flicker]

yup

if roots are q and p

[spark scaffold]

It said sum of possible

[sudden flicker]

then qp=2

[spark scaffold]

q+p=a and qp=2

[sudden flicker]

no q+p =a

veta's is -(-a/x)

[spark scaffold]

They said a is also an integer

[sudden flicker]

exatcly

[spark scaffold]

So it’s pq=2p+2q

[sudden flicker]

no

qp = 2

what intergrets exist whose multiplication is 2

1 and 2

[spark scaffold]

Yep

[sudden flicker]

so only possible value is 3

am i wrong?...

[spark scaffold]

We’re wrong

[sudden flicker]

oh ya

-1 and -2 ...

hmm wait lemme see soln

oh its 2 a my bad

i saw it as 2 only

thats super my bad i apologise

[spark scaffold]

Yea

[spark scaffold]

Do they get the 4 from completing the square

[sudden flicker]

gimme 2 sec

my ans is coming 10💀

now its 36...

[near hill]

Metagaming it: assuming that there's actually sufficient information for a definite answer in the problem, that answer has to stay the same even in the limit where the diameter of the upper white circles go to 0.
In that limiting case, the diameter of the big circle is 20, and the lower white circles each have diameter 8 (namely, the lower chord and the radii towards the center form 3-4-5 triangles), so the answer is 10²pi - 2·4²pi.

[pseudo bear]

is anyone doing bmmt

[inland totem]

hmmm

[thin stratus]

How hard is it to learn synthetic geometry from scratch

[near hill]

There's barely any prerequisites, and the subject has been around for thousands of years ... I'd say easier than many other things, but it has fallen somewhat out of favor in professional mathematics, so it might be difficult to find really good textbook material. On the other hand, if you're self starting enough to learn from problems instead of a predigested textbooks, it's a topic where Wikipedia is an excellent reference source.

[spark scaffold]

Look at this two proves

[zinc ridge]

u cant divide both sides by A-B-C if you know that its 0

[inland totem]

uhhh

ye it's meant to be satire i think

[spark scaffold]

Ik it’s not true but it’s for fun

[zinc ridge]

oh

k

[spark scaffold]

But is that look right

[zinc ridge]

that means u can prove anything amirite

[spark scaffold]

Yes

[thin pumice]

am i dumb or is x 5?

[spark scaffold]

Think

[limpid beacon]

it is

[spark scaffold]

50/100 x 50

[limpid beacon]

isn't it

[spark scaffold]

10

Is that a yes for a no

[ivory ember]

,w (50/100)(50)

[gilded halo]

Results provided by WolframAlpha

Click here to refine your query online
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Requested by civil_service_pigeon

[ivory ember]

where does 10 come from

did you do 50/(50/100) or smt

[spark scaffold]

I thought 100/50=2

And multiply 50 x 2 is 100

[ivory ember]

mhm

but you're dividing by 100, not multiplying by it

[spark scaffold]

50/2 I mean

[ivory ember]

mhm

that's 25

now take the square root

[spark scaffold]

5

[ivory ember]

yes

[spark scaffold]

I have this one

OA/H

[limpid beacon]

do you wanna go step by step

or are you stuck

[spark scaffold]

Sure

[silver forge]

This is five no

50% of 50 is 25

sqrrt of 25 is 5

ts is so easy

just dont confuse the 50% with other stuff

[limpid beacon]

okay

uhhh

tan any thing is :

[sturdy knoll]

Wait

[limpid beacon]

so you substitute:

[sturdy knoll]

Isn’t this also like sin(2x)-sinxcosx

Nvm thag don’t help

[restive anvil]

i was thinking you could just make it sinxcosx = 1/2 sin2x, and solve for x

[restive anvil]

how would you solve that, make cos in terms of tan and make it a quadratic?

[sturdy knoll]

Isn’t this uh smrh with 45 deg

Prolly uh

135

Yeah

I think that works

Yeah

Wait am I geeked

[restive anvil]

yea i think it is

[limpid beacon]

yeah

[sturdy knoll]

Yeah

Isn’t it js -1

[restive anvil]

i mean, 315 might work too

[sturdy knoll]

But it don’t change the answer

[restive anvil]

yea

[sturdy knoll]

It’s js —

-1*

[limpid beacon]

mhm

[inland totem]

hmm

[fallen apex]

well you hav eto do like'

add n*pi or soething

for general

[inland totem]

use double angle identity

[spark scaffold]

Is it it 1/2 sin x

[fallen apex]

or 2npi depends

[restive anvil]

yea but you're not solving for x, you're solving for tanx so it doesnt matter

[fallen apex]

oh

i thought x

reading is cheating yall

[inland totem]

ook

[restive anvil]

real

[fallen apex]

the amount of sillies i had for not reading is yummy

[restive anvil]

i guess this could work
$\frac{t}{1+t^2} = \frac{-1}{2}$

[gilded halo]

stuffed

[restive anvil]

the quadratic is nice enough i think

i wouldnt have thought of that

[inland totem]

i saw 1/(1+t^2) and immediately thought arctan

[restive anvil]

xD yea i would too

[sturdy knoll]

Rhis was my first idea too

[restive anvil]

oh yea perfect square

that comes out nice

[inland totem]

hmmm

[silver forge]

https://klipy.com/gifs/absolute-cinema-24

[ivory ember]

More generally without all of this machinery,
$$\tan x+\frac{1}{\tan x}=\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}+\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}=\frac{\sin^2 x +\cos^2 x}{\sin x \cos x}=\frac{1}{\sin x \cos x}.$$

[gilded halo]

Civil Service Pigeon

[inland totem]

orz

[silver forge]

orz

[spark scaffold]

Wow

[fallen apex]

sinxcosx = -1/2

= sinxcosx/sin^2x+cos^2x

then divide both numerator and denom by cos^2x
get
tanx/tan^2x+1 = -1/2 and factor this would be what i do

[inland totem]

hmmmm

[silver forge]

how tf do bonus

[inland totem]

vector bash

trust 🥹

[tiny eagle]

Where do I practice a bunch of comp math other than past amcs

[inland totem]

wait u could find ED and js bash from there

[inland totem]

u could do alcumus or aime

[tiny eagle]

Not good enough for aime but yea ill try alcumus ig

[spark scaffold]

Can u just cross multiply

[fallen apex]

just sub tanx = some variable

easier

[spark scaffold]

Tan x = u

[rugged solstice]

This is an equation right

[fallen apex]

yes

[rugged solstice]

then why would you

just multiply by 2 and then sin(2x)=-1 so 2x=pik x=pik/2

[split kiln]

inequalities comes in my syallbus

[fallen apex]

we are finding what tanx is

[warped anvil]

Multiply by 2 to get sin (2x) = -1, if 0 <= x < 2pi we just get 2x = 3pi/2 and tan(x) follows simply from here

[fallen apex]

theres a ton of ways you can do this

trig is like that

[sturdy knoll]

what’s alcumus

[sturdy knoll]

Neither but we will be one day

[fallen apex]

nah donr do alcumus

[sturdy knoll]

Oh

Why

[fallen apex]

it's just basic problems on topics

recommend just do contest problems

[sturdy knoll]

I see

Okay

[fallen apex]

yea assuming ur younger side just starting off contests without much foundation u should read thru aopsv2 imo should have all the theory u need

doing prohlems will take a lot of time obv but thats the point is to make u start to think creatively

never search up answers unless u are stuck after making progress in somew way or another (not drawing blank = u still gain something)

[inland totem]

ehhhh

it might be a bit basic for aime

but it never hurts to have practice

[silver forge]

have practice

[inland totem]

ook

[viral sierra]

Or js do alcumus interm alg and precalc.

[fallen apex]

estrogenuinely

how do u find that

oh wait

yea that might be good catually

maybe i should do some to make sure my sklls are still not bad

[inland totem]

is this something to be celebrated

[zinc ridge]

shore

[radiant shoal]

67

i think he really hates combinatorics

[silver forge]

he just needs to have practice

[mighty pine]

No

[thin stratus]

i just solved it if you want my explanation

gpt did get a different answer but i think im right and gpt is wrong

dont quote me on that though

[silver forge]

Hm ok

[fringe prism]

ye

[inland totem]

hi orz

[silver forge]

ok

[thin stratus]

Its rough but i think it explains it

Sorry i had to flip it sideways

i'd say if that was your homework, that was quite diabolical but if i was it in a math competition it wouldn't be too bad, probably near the start

[inland totem]

ye that'd probably be my first idea too

[fringe prism]

ye

[silver forge]

i made that question myself

just as challenge

[inland totem]

orz

[silver forge]

plens

i can give u the other q if u want

[inland totem]

sure

[silver forge]

here

the first one

i made it for my friend to do but theres some trig needed

and he dont know how to do trig

[inland totem]

why is hank on a leash

[silver forge]

lol do yk hank

rememberhim

[inland totem]

idk

[silver forge]

anyways try it out

im gonna play basketball now

[inland totem]

i'm doing language rn

[inland totem]

yaey

[silver forge]

Ah i see which one

Which language would be more accurate

[vernal axle]

here is a short solution

[thin stratus]

Oh lol

[crystal lintel]

Guys just asking but I placed first in 3 events and 3rd in one event at WKU (West Kentucky University) math competition. Is that worth putting on the college app?

[inland totem]

i haven't heard abt that but after a google search, ye, this seems like something u should put on ur college application

don't js take my word for it though

[crystal lintel]

Alr!

[limber vault]

son what…

son

i quit

[crystal lintel]

...Chinese exams?

[inland totem]

"integrate my dih" 💀

tbf some of the harder amc problems are fun to solve with calc

[woeful seal]

i mean depends on how many people u beat

and what else u have

[crystal lintel]

There were 143 as far as I know

[zinc ridge]

tf is this

[inland totem]

tuff stuff

trust

[tiny eagle]

That’s crazy

Also is it C?

[thorny tusk]

.

is this

actually

like

a thing

[fringe prism]

ye

[zinc ridge]

take me out of this server twin😭🥀

no context can save vro

[thorny tusk]

wtf

huhh

[reef hollow]

heres a question from my state's math olympiad if anyone wants to try.
James is trying to catch his dog, Brutus in his yard, which is an NxN grid of lattice points. James Starts in the top left corner, Brutus starts at a lattice point different from James, chosen at random. In each round, brutus moves first, moving to a neighboring lattice point in a horizontal or vertical direction. Then James moves, moving to a neighboring lattice point in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction. Both must remain within the yard.
If at any point, James and Brutus are on the same lattice point, James catches Brutus. What is the expected number of moves it will take james to catch Brutus is brutus plays optimally to remain free as long as possible, and James plays optimally so as to catch Brutus as soon as possible?

[rugged solstice]

huh

[near hill]

It's a trick question: ||No matter where Brutus starts, he can always stay free until exactly James's (N-1)th move.||
Namely: ||Brutus's strategy is to move straight towards the closest point on the bottom or right edge and then stay on that edge until he is caught.||
Meanwhile, ||James moves diagonally for as long as he's both above and to the left of Brutus. After that, his strategy is to keep on the same row/column as Brutus, moving towards the bottom/right edge at each turn.||

Interestingly, optimal strategies for both James and Brutus can be described very simply: Brutus always moves to the square he can reach that is farthest from James by the Euclidean norm. James always moves to the square he can reach that is closest to Brutus. But when described that way, is is not particularly obvious that the strategies are optimal, and especially not that they lead to the numerical result I claim.

[arctic hatch]

7th grade romanian math olympiad

[silver forge]

most of us cant read romanian

[arctic hatch]

Most of us have a translator

There's nothing to solve anyway since those are the solutions

[silver forge]

…

[inland totem]

hmm

[inland totem]

uhhh

[silver forge]

just leave

[zinc ridge]

i cant its literally the mathcounts nats server

[inland totem]

bro what 😭

[teal heath]

Is purple comet math meet good

And how do i get DHR in amc10

[zinc ridge]

lock in

[zinc ridge]

made by advait

hes chill tho and doesnt like racism

[inland totem]

yaey i got to use lte lemma

[misty patrol]

Hellooo

It's my first time using discord

[silver forge]

yay

dont forget your password

[misty patrol]

Oh my, thank you.. I might forget it if you didn't say 🙂

[thorny tusk]

but i forgot my password

[inland totem]

ook

[thorny tusk]

i js have google password manager 👍

[inland totem]

my password isnt even saved there fsr

so i have to write it down 💔

[thorny tusk]

fah

[reef hollow]

Perfect. Although I wrote a lot more for my solution, but the ideas are generally the same

[silver forge]

orz

[bright dagger]

How do I prepare for IOQM?

I scored 20 in the previous exam

And could score 27 when I actually looked at the questions at home

I wanna score like 30-40+ this yr

I’m in 9th so anything to help me prepare?

I already have the Prashant Jain book and the challenges and thrills of pre college maths

[bright dagger]

Got 7 in RMO

[spiral forum]

welcome to the light side of the internet

[thorny tusk]

agh

https://tenor.com/view/discord-light-mode-gif-19503048

[inland totem]

ook

[silver forge]

lmao

I found some very in apropriate stuff on discord before

[silver forge]

not what i was referring to but yes the stuff there is still weird

not as extreme though

and dont ask me to go into detail cuz omnipotententity is on my ass already

[inland totem]

is this more of a server-only issue or an issue for discord as a whole

[fallen apex]

just the mods server really

they dont take teenage boys talking about gooning seriously

heck the mods can call people slurs and get away with it, some of them are in this server

[inland totem]

more ignorance than anything ig

[fallen apex]

nah just moderators dont care about it

they literally have a channel called gooning

not even nsfw marked

[inland totem]

wtf

maybe not talk abt this anymore

[fallen apex]

yea that was their "fix" for people talking about it too much

and they only did things bc active ppl started leaving iirc

otherwise they wouldnt have done anything

[fringe prism]

real

[lunar geode]

Its a thread created by a user, and its an ersatz memes channel

[inland totem]

oh hi

[thorny tusk]

.

yo wth

[silver forge]

all discord servers

[inland totem]

bro what

[silver forge]

i was in my own server and someone sent porn serv link

[inland totem]

there were 5+ invites sent on one server today alone

[silver forge]

i went on a mass report with my friends

[silver forge]

lmao

[inland totem]

but i don't think we should be talking abt this

[silver forge]

true

I dont wanna get beheaded by the few corrupt mods that close their eyes to gooners and ban me for sending two gifs in a row

[thorny tusk]

wtf

birdy wat servers r u in bud

[inland totem]

bro 2 more were just fucking sent in another server

is discord on the fritz today or sum

[thorny tusk]

why r u counting 😭

[inland totem]

bc i can count to 2

i think

and they were sent in the same channel

[thorny tusk]

o

ur servers r weird

[inland totem]

my current server tag is the server

[thorny tusk]

hmm war thunder

[inland totem]

hmmm

fun

[thorny tusk]

...

[spark scaffold]

Can we do grouping

[ivory ember]

multiply both sides by x-1

[spark scaffold]

Both side

I thought of making “+1” as remainder

And group the remaining

[nova summit]

or divide by x^2 and complete whole square

or we could use summation of gp to find sum, that will be z^6=1 and then use complex no. to find roots

[bright dagger]

Can someone tell me😭

[teal heath]

bro im stupid isn’t it just x=-1

[restive anvil]

im guessing no one here knows

[teal heath]

It’s ok I asked about amc and didn’t get a good answer

[bright dagger]

Cant x + 1 be a factor of this

[bright dagger]

Issok man

Ig I’ll ask my teachers

[restive anvil]

amc like in australia?

[restive anvil]

u can solve (z^6-1), z not equal to 1 if you've done complex numbers

[bright dagger]

Nope there r five solutions I’m pretty sure

2 of the solutions would be 0 and x = -1

[restive anvil]

probs only one real solution

nah 0 doesnt work

[bright dagger]

Oh mb

Didn’t see the 1 at the end

[restive anvil]

x = cis(2pi/6 + k2pi/6) for k = 0, ..., 5

then remove x=1

i think

wait no you're solving for -1 not 1 so

wait nvm

[restive anvil]

yea should be this

i think

[bright dagger]

I don’t understand a single word here lowk

[restive anvil]

uh sorry

[bright dagger]

This server humbles the hell out of me

[restive anvil]

conclusion is that the only real root would be x=-1

[ivory ember]

Sure, but 10 second solutions are nicer imo

[bright dagger]

Nah it’s probably jst that I don’t know this

[restive anvil]

i think i messed up

[bright dagger]

Nah isn’t it a property?

Like if the power of a and b are odd then a+1 is a factor of them?(I meant smth like a^3 + b^3)

(I might’ve used it incorrectly here)

[teal heath]

67 might be a solution

Idk

[ivory ember]

Multiplying by $(x-1)$ gives you $x^6-1=0 \implies x=e^{2\pi i k/6}$ for $k=0,1,2,3,4,5$. We introduced $x=1$ as an extra solution, so the answer is
$$x=e^{\pi i/3}, \dots, e^{5\pi i/3}$$
and we are done.

[gilded halo]

Civil Service Pigeon

[bright dagger]

Oh wow

[restive anvil]

oh okay i was right

yea bprp has a video on this

[bright dagger]

I didn’t know any of this

[restive anvil]

but i havent watched it

[bright dagger]

Which grade math is this??

[restive anvil]

year 12

topic is complex numbers

roots of unity

idk when in other countries though

[restive anvil]

its not difficult, u learn it at the start of the topic

[bright dagger]

3 yrs left

I’ll learn it next yr ig

[bright dagger]

Anyone got a good topic wise question bank online?

Even better if it’s divided into different levels

[olive haven]

God, I would so recommend Skanavi, but it is in Russian. Not sure if there are English versions. Those problems are very good—ranging from combinatorics to stereometry and vectors. They are separated into three levels, A, Б, and B. B has some really interesting problems

[olive haven]

What is your level? I might recommend some other books

[bright dagger]

Uh 9-11th grad rn

[thorny tusk]

what topic

[olive haven]

Check out “The USSR Olympiad Problem Book” by Shklarsky. Amazing book of problems. All really interesting and require you to think and write out intricate proofs

I am guessing you want olympiad-like problems? Since this is the competition maths channel

And ofc “Problem-Solving Strategies” by Engel is good. Recommended by a lot of people

Has very good problems and solutions, but more on the national and international level, I’d say

But past papers are always your best option for olympiads

[olive haven]

https://mathematicalolympiads.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ussr-olympiad-problem-book.pdf

Tell me if these are not what you’re looking for lol

[olive haven]

https://mathematicalolympiads.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/75427434-problem-books-in-mathematics-problem-solving-strategies.pdf

[fallen apex]

ussr one is good

and engel

i would recommend pasquale problem solving tactics

[bright dagger]

Wait imma ss all of this

[bright dagger]

They’re good imo

I scrolled a little and the question are great

[oak tartan]

angelo my num 1 opp

[olive haven]

That one is also really good

[inland totem]

hmmm

these look nice

[lethal turtle]

eed books to prepare for imo
like good ones
can be russian
preferably - i like the problems there

[daring sparrow]

niche lemma

[merry delta]

ANYBODY TRYING TO GO OVER THIS AOPS PRECALC TRIG IDENTITIES EXCERCISES WITH ME I READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER ALMOST TWICE AND STILL DIDNT UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE HARDER QUESTIONS

[tiny eagle]

First one use graphing techniques or addition/subtraction angle, second one use subtraction angle for sin and cos and divide, third one is subtraction angle using common angles, fourth one expand using addition and subtraction angle (I think) and that’s all I could get to for now

[merry delta]

yea but i alr got those ones i rlly need help starting 3.25 i totally frogot to mention this sorry and thnkd anyways

[tiny eagle]

Oh lol

Ok 3.2.5 convert to tan(2x) = cot(3x) and convert cot to tan by translation and take arctan of both sides

Alr I gtg now I might be back tmrw these are interesting problems

[inland totem]

peak book 🥹

[inland totem]

uhhh

ok

[daring sparrow]

lift exponent

[inland totem]

ook

lte lemma

rah

ook

[daring sparrow]

are you nitro

sry i havent been in comp math

[inland totem]

i'm not elon musk boy 💔

[daring sparrow]

was focusing on field theory

[inland totem]

ok

i was focusing on touching grass

i went outside 3 times today 🥹

[daring sparrow]

ok bro

grass toucher = loser

[inland totem]

clipped for later 💔

[silver forge]

ts is not tuff

why we flexing touching gass

Touching grass is not tuff if you didnt realise already plens

[inland totem]

Ook

[exotic rapids]

i hate how this has become a flex nowadays

[inland totem]

it was not meant seriously 💔

it's sarcasm

[exotic rapids]

damn

[silver forge]

its hard to tell with your case

[inland totem]

is it rly that hard

[silver forge]

your uhhhh

[exotic rapids]

mind you a lot of people are kinda weird with their expressions nowadays

including me

[silver forge]

im gonna avoid using gifs

because im gonna get banned

[merry delta]

yo what other discord do yall hangout in?

[exotic rapids]

why exactly

[merry delta]

i wanna get in as many as i can for best advice

[inland totem]

huh

[silver forge]

idk

I sent two gifs in a row and got timed out for three days

”gif spam”

[inland totem]

hmmm

[zinc ridge]

yoi

3 DAYS!

[inland totem]

was there another reason

that seems kind of excessive

[silver forge]

i feel like there was

@versed dagger why did you ban me again

I deleted it from my memory

i meant timeout

ah this

[little wraith]

ook

@inland totem

[inland totem]

@daring sparrow

she's larping

[inner merlin]

Guys help me pls.

Ayudaaaaaaa chicos.

x=?

[inland totem]

consider the quadrilateral

||3 angles are 180-140=40, and the 3rd angles is 180+x, which should all sum to 360||

[inner merlin]

So x=60⁰

[silver forge]

Yes

thats what i got

u just need to extend one line a bit

or do what plens did

[inner merlin]

Right

Thank you guys

Can i make more questions every time? It's my first time talking in this server

And sorry for my english, i speak spanish

[silver forge]

yeah

we love to help

[inland totem]

sure, as long as it's mostly comp math related

[silver forge]

Its so fun

[silver forge]

yes

Just ask q to whichever topic it correlates to

[inland totem]

or if u have like a harder q js ask in help channels

[silver forge]

yes

[inner merlin]

I'm studying for math olympiad, but i don't suscribed for any competition

[silver forge]

like international math olympiad?

[inner merlin]

I'm not*

[inner merlin]

Naaah

Emm

My level is

[little wraith]

fr

[inner merlin]

<national level

You understand

[silver forge]

what taf

[little wraith]

i have nothing to do so seeing other problems is fun

[silver forge]

national level is so tuff

[inner merlin]

No no

<<<

You know

Minor

Department

But

I just want to solve IMO problems

[silver forge]

hehehehehehe

those r very time consuming

but first you gotta master the basics

for example the q u needed help on was basic

[little wraith]

i find math comp very draining

[silver forge]

once u master those find harder q each time while simultaneously summarazing problem solving strats

[inner merlin]

Yes

[inland totem]

hmm

orz

[little wraith]

i can only bring myself to do a couple every few days

i’ll lock in tn tho

[inner merlin]

I don't understand lot

Sorry for my english

[inland totem]

do calc

trust

[little wraith]

yea that’s what i’ve been doing

prep for my placement test

it’s like easy precalc stuff

[silver forge]

its way funner than regular math

[inland totem]

"start" calc iii bfore the end of the school yr

[silver forge]

your english is very good

[little wraith]

and my teacher is letting me do trig instead of boring alg on so that’s fun

[silver forge]

better than a lot of ppl ik

[little wraith]

me??

[inner merlin]

Hahaha

[inland totem]

mhm

[inner merlin]

Are you a professor?

[little wraith]

i’m taking calc I

[little wraith]

idk if ur asking about me or him

or the other guy

[inner merlin]

@silver forge

[inner merlin]

Both

[little wraith]

but i’m in eight grade

and 13

[silver forge]

no bro im freshman

[inland totem]

me?

[inner merlin]

Oooh

[inland totem]

i'm way too young

[little wraith]

patrick’s in 7, i’m 8, other dudes 9

[inner merlin]

I'm 16 years old

[little wraith]

me and patrick r both 13 tho

[silver forge]

Professors are orz

[little wraith]

ah ok

[inland totem]

no revealing my name

[little wraith]

oops

🙂

[silver forge]

Ok patrick

ook

[little wraith]

should i reveal ur face too

ook

[silver forge]

yes please

go dms

[inland totem]

no

[inland totem]

no

i do not consent

[little wraith]

dw i won’t

pinky swear

[inland totem]

actually u don't even have it

[little wraith]

🤙

[inland totem]

i think

[little wraith]

i do

haha

but i would never

[inland totem]

wen prolly gave it to u

[silver forge]

lmao u liar

[inland totem]

💔

[silver forge]

plens u need to build muscle

[little wraith]

nope

[inland totem]

i'd rather do math

than go to the gym

[little wraith]

i do both

[inland totem]

hmm

[little wraith]

i got invited to an elite national triathlon team

hehehe

practices r insane

[silver forge]

ts orz asf

[little wraith]

we bike 26 miles then run 8

[silver forge]

holy orz

[inland totem]

orz

holy spelling 💔

[little wraith]

we travel the us for comps

[inland totem]

nice

[silver forge]

orz

[inland totem]

go to olympics

[silver forge]

no gifs

[inner merlin]

Where are you from guys?

[silver forge]

o canada

[inner merlin]

I'm from Honduras

[silver forge]

o nice

is that south america

or africa

[inner merlin]

Center

[silver forge]

my geography is buns

[little wraith]

ooo cool

[silver forge]

o so tropical

[little wraith]

i’m in the ewst coast

[silver forge]

thats very cool

do you guys have lots of coconuts

i love coconuts

[inland totem]

hmmm

[little wraith]

but i’ve lived all over

all over europe

[inland totem]

i've been to china

[little wraith]

i’m slavic born and raised tho

[inland totem]

but never lived there

[little wraith]

sad

[inner merlin]

Wait

[little wraith]

imagine not being born in europe

[silver forge]

me too

which city r u from

[inland totem]

i was born in us

[little wraith]

xian pen

[silver forge]

ts not tuff

[little wraith]

or whatever it is

[little wraith]

yes it is

slavic genes on top

[inland totem]

is russia in asia

[little wraith]

🇨🇿🇨🇿

[silver forge]

Ts racist

[inner merlin]

Here

[inland totem]

or europe

[little wraith]

no

🇨🇿🇸🇰

[silver forge]

aha predicted

[silver forge]

mostly asia

[inland totem]

wait lemme cook

slovenia and czech repub

trust

[little wraith]

slovakia

very close

[inland totem]

ook

[little wraith]

both my parents are czech hur i have slovakian heritage my grandma has a slovak passport

[inland totem]

alr what am i doing i have math to do

[little wraith]

i’m so close to getting mine

almost triple czitenship

[little wraith]

no u don’t

i’m on break haha

[inland totem]

pirated egmo is calling to me

[little wraith]

pirated the mysterious benedict’s society

❤️🙏

[inner merlin]

Are you in olympiad math guys?

Competition

[inland totem]

i do it

like amc and stuff like that

[inner merlin]

What's your level?

[inland totem]

uhhh

comp math wise not very good

maybe i could get into aime

but i would make a fool of myself at jmo 💔

[inner merlin]

Ok

[inner merlin]

You stayed in USAMO?

[inland totem]

no that's a dream

to get into amo

[inner merlin]

Train hard

[inner merlin]

Calculate the sum of the interior angles at vertices A, B, C, D, and E.

[viral sierra]

wasn't the answer liek 180

[inner merlin]

What

[inland totem]

i think it's ||180||

i've seem this somewhere

[inner merlin]

Why

[inland totem]

uhhh

so the thingy

with the thingy

[viral sierra]

because the sum of the angles inside the pentagon is 540 so sum of the other angles of the triangles are 720 so A+B+C+D+E=180

[inland totem]

makes a triangle

somehow

[inland totem]

orz

[viral sierra]

Or js assume that the pentagon is regular

[viral sierra]

nouuuuu

mitte

Im pretty sure this was an alcumus problem that i saw liek 3 yrs ago 😭

[inland totem]

wait i got it by adding the angles of the 5 big triangles, then subtracting the pentagons angle sum, then dividing by 2 (since each tip angles is counted twice)

[inner merlin]

What

I do'nt understand nothing

[inner merlin]

Explain more

[viral sierra]

so let the pentagon be A'B'C'D'E'

[inner merlin]

Yes

540

[viral sierra]

then AA'B+BB'C+...+EE'A=5*180-540

We do the same. for EA'A... who also has sum 360

[inner merlin]

Yes

[viral sierra]

A'AB'+AA'B+AB'B=180, then the sum of angles of all of the 5 small triangles is 900

900-360-360=180

[inner merlin]

Yes

[viral sierra]

Do you understand or shall I explain again?

[little wraith]

maybe i’m dumb (#18) but don’t four and six have an equal amount of ways?

[ashen hatch]

umm

i got 3 pairs with 4

and 4 pairs with 6

(cus, one of the pairs with 4 is 2x2)

[whole garden]

I'm pretty sure you're accounting for all possible combinations, and 6 has the most likely to appear on any number

[ashen hatch]

ngl i lwk js drew a multiplication chart from 1 to 6 and brute forced it

[whole garden]

Etc, so n(1,2,3... 6)
Where n = {1,2,3...6}
All answers would be
1 2 3 4 5 6
2 4 6 8 10 12
3 6 9 12 15 18
4 8 12 16 20 24
5 10 15 20 25 30
6 12 18 24 30 36
So 1 of 1
2 of 2
2 of 3
3 of 4
2 of 5
4 of 6

6 is the most likely to appear!

[little wraith]

yay that’s what i guessed!!

i’m counting that as points

so does 3.1 and 1.3 count as two?

for example

[whole garden]

Wdym like 1×3?

[ashen hatch]

thats what i counted

cus like... statistically they're two distinct outcomes

here my brute fore method js highlighting as i went

[little wraith]

oh wait i think i misunderstood the problem

i was doing like to become that number

like six has 2 and 3 and 6 and 1

oh no i didn’t

[ashen hatch]

lol and each of those pairs can be reversed to 3 and 2, 1 and 6... so 4 6s... right?

[little wraith]

OHH

i got it

thank you

i was a lil stuck before

[silver forge]

ts looks like pascal

Or gauss

not sure tho

i know i did it before

[silver forge]

draw diagram yay

[little wraith]

gauss

i’m not canadian tho

my school is french so maybe

[fringe prism]

real

[silver forge]

gauss looks EASY NOW

[silver forge]

beg ur teacher to sign u guys up

[silver forge]

hi zelix

[thorny tusk]

no shi ur literally too old for gauss bruh

[silver forge]

its one year chill

also i did good on gauss so i can be talking

R u doing it ts yr

[fringe prism]

Hi.

[silver forge]

because ur like 7th or smth

[thorny tusk]

fuh naw bruh

[silver forge]

hi!!

[silver forge]

why

[thorny tusk]

i did gauss 8 in g5

[fringe prism]

hello

[silver forge]

what daf

what score

no harm in doing agn

[thorny tusk]

i forgot

[thorny tusk]

nah

i feel too old for gauss

[silver forge]

your too young

physically

not intellectually

so u shud still do it

[little wraith]

what did u score

[dusk perch]

yo can someone help me to prepare for the uni of waterloo competition for grade 10 next yr

[thorny tusk]

cayley

galois

?

for cayley

[dusk perch]

i can check one sec

[thorny tusk]

be careful

for galois

be careful

and like

do it super fast

i barely had time ts year

[dusk perch]

i used to be good at dis shit but i switched schools and this easy math rotting my brain

[thorny tusk]

isnt all school math easy

[dusk perch]

i used to go to private skl

[thorny tusk]

bro what school were u from be4 😭

[dusk perch]

nd the teacher taught us all sorts of shit

now its all slop bro

[thorny tusk]

it has to be uts or somethn to be hard enough to not rot ur brain

[dusk perch]

like polynomials

[thorny tusk]

u go to uts?

[dusk perch]

na

[thorny tusk]

o

[dusk perch]

bro these polynomials are genuinely brainrotting material and people find dis shit hard bruh

anyways

how do i

prepare

grade 10 thingy

is the old tests good start

[thorny tusk]

no

[dusk perch]

dang

[thorny tusk]

do like 1 or 2 mocks

thats it

right be4 the tests

like

a few days be4

and rest

just

idk

its not hard

[dusk perch]

dude i got a year i genuinely forgot almost all the important shit

i gotta relearn

like everything basically

how do i know what to relearn

is it jus like everything

[thorny tusk]

...

[dusk perch]

a year is enough to learn what i forgot, i didnt forget any like concepts

[thorny tusk]

for geo do EGMO for num theory well its not hard u can do it, maybe try aops, for algebra uhhh cant be taht hard on galois, for combo be careful

[dusk perch]

what is diff in galois and combo

[thorny tusk]

huh

[dusk perch]

caylet*

cayley*

[thorny tusk]

o

cayley

is ezier

[dusk perch]

did u do both

or u jus do 1

im so confused bruh

ok so cayley is multiple choice and galois is like an actual test

[silver forge]

138 smth

[dusk perch]

any1 here done mathematica 😭

its like knockoff waterloo competition tests

[thorny tusk]

mhm

[thorny tusk]

o

i think i did the same

in grade 5

or 6

or both

[dusk perch]

yo

r u in grade 7 have bein done all these tests?

[thorny tusk]

ye

[dusk perch]

r u like some sorta prodigy or sumn

[thorny tusk]

no

me

dumbahh

[dusk perch]

nd more importantly how u on dc in grade 7

r u in any programs like ib or ibt or sumn

[thorny tusk]

ib bro

im in junior

high

what ib

[dusk perch]

ib goes till grade 10

then grade 11-12

[thorny tusk]

my school doesnt have ib

[dusk perch]

diff programs

dang

[thorny tusk]

diff

alberta is special

[dusk perch]

ib international doe

they have grade 1-6 6-10 and 11-12 i think

idk

[thorny tusk]

idk

[dusk perch]

how they let u do all these tests early tho

u gotta be smart asl

[little wraith]

ah nice

that’s what i’m aiming for

in practice i’ve been getting 135- low 140’s so i think im on target for now

[little wraith]

consider yourself lucky

[dusk perch]

are all of yall in grade 7/8 bro

am i in the wrong channel

[little wraith]

i’m in grade 18

i’m 13

idk about you

[dusk perch]

uh huh

[little wraith]

it’s like 12 am i have nothin to do i’ve resorted to the sat

the math part ofc

orc

i do not have the patience to do the english

[dusk perch]

bro im stupid ash im only like 1 yr older than u guys nd u guys practicing for the sat in grade 8

optional too btw

but atleast sat isnt too hard

[little wraith]

i’m not practicing really i’m just bored asf

it’s really easy too

at least mod 1

so far i’ve been able to do it with zero scratch work (i’m on problem 24)

[dusk perch]

dawg

[sturdy thicket]

I’m 35

[dusk perch]

do ur thing ig

[sturdy thicket]

Nah I’m just kidding I’m in 8th

[dusk perch]

r u also one of these prodigy dudes

[little wraith]

mb

[little wraith]

hello

[sturdy thicket]

Hi

What is fuss’s

Gauss

[sturdy thicket]

Idek man

That’s not up to me

[little wraith]

canadian comp

uni of waterloo

[sturdy thicket]

Oh

[little wraith]

yea

where do u live

[sturdy thicket]

Texas

[little wraith]

i’m in east coast of us rn but i’ve lived all over europe

[little wraith]

ohh what time is it??

my best friend is there rn

[sturdy thicket]

11:00

[little wraith]

oh ok

it’s 12 for me

time zones

[sturdy thicket]

Yeah

[little wraith]

yeah

what type of math do you like

[sturdy thicket]

AMC

[little wraith]

so like comp math?

[ashen hatch]

yeah i started prepping in 8th and im taking the sat at the end of 9th (well like june sat i think) i dont blame them-