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    Comparing Sample Means with Pooled Variance Estimate

    Suppose you are conducting a hypothesis test to compare two sample means from independent samples, with the variance unknown, but you know it is the same for both populations. Then you use the pooled estimate of the variance given by [ (n1 - 1)s1^2 + (n2-1)s2^2 ] / (n1+n2-2) I was just...
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    Do we treat x and y as independent when differentiating f with respect to y?

    what about if you had f(x,y) = x^2+y^2 again, but with y a function of x. The for the partial derivative of f with respect to x, you keep y fixed (?) and let x vary, even though y is a function of x (?). Thanks.
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    Do we treat x and y as independent when differentiating f with respect to y?

    thats what i was confused about. we treat the x and y as independent variables, even though they won't really vary independently (since both depend on t)
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    Do we treat x and y as independent when differentiating f with respect to y?

    ok, thanks. is the partial derivative of f with respect to x just 2x then? i don't understand the x'(t) part that you included?
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    Do we treat x and y as independent when differentiating f with respect to y?

    if you are given f(x,y)=x^2+y^2 and y=cos(t) x=sin(t), then when you differentiate f with respect to t, you use the partial derivatives of f with respect to x and y in the process. When i was taught partial derivatives, i was told that we "keep all but one of the independent variables fixed..."...
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    Proof of Convergence/Divergence Unaffected by Series Starting Point

    if we know that an infinite series is convergent from an integer T, to infinity, then the series is convergent from 1 to infinity. conversely, if a series is convergent from 1 to infinity then it is convergent from T to infinity (i.e. starting point of the series does not affect...
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    What is the sum of the infinite series 1/[n(n+1)(n+2)]?

    yeah got it now, thanks for all the help!
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    What is the sum of the infinite series 1/[n(n+1)(n+2)]?

    i got this far, then not sure how to cancel terms to find the sum?
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    What is the sum of the infinite series 1/[n(n+1)(n+2)]?

    i thought you could do it by splitting it into partial fractions, then finding an expression for the nth partial sum and let n tend to infinity
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    What is the sum of the infinite series 1/[n(n+1)(n+2)]?

    hey, i was just wondering if anyone could help find the sum of the infinite series defined by 1/[n(n+1)(n+2)]. I can split it into partial fractions but not sure from there. Thanks
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    Solution to Frobenius Problem for N=2: Proof?

    does anyone know a proof for the solution to the frobenius problem for n=2? that is, that the smallest not possible number expressable as a linear combination of a and b is (a-1)(b-1)??
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    Solving Linear Combinations of Positive Stamp Values

    yes, a and b must be non-negative, as must the numbers of each i.e. can't have negative numbers of stamps.
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    Solving Linear Combinations of Positive Stamp Values

    think the upper limit of not-possible numbers may be ab-a-b on the basis of a number of examples
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    Solving Linear Combinations of Positive Stamp Values

    this is quite a classic problem i think but I am having difficulty finishing it off. If we have two stamps of positive values a and b, (greater than 1), what values can be expressed as a linear combination of these 2 stamps. If the stamps have a highest common factor greater than 1, then there...
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    Integrate d/dx(x^2): Include Constant?

    so it doesn't matter that you know what the function was before differentiation?
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