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| A mathematician and a non-mathematician are sitting in an airport hall waiting for their flight to go. The non has terri... more
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| A shoe seller meets a mathematician and complains that he does not know what size shoes to buy. "No problem," says th... more
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| An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are trying to set up a fenced-in area for some sheep, but they have a limi... more
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| Hello, this is probably 438-9012, yes, the house of the famous statistician. I'm probably not at home, or not wanting to... more
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| It is often cited that there are half as many divorces as marriages in the US, so one concludes that average marriages h... more
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| It is proven that the celebration of birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those people who celebrate the most birt... more
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| Maths/Stats can be such fun !!!
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)^2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x]. If p... more
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| Prove that the crocodile is longer than it is wide. 1. The crocodile is longer than it is green: Let's look at the cro... more
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| Theorem : All numbers are equal to zero. Proof: Suppose that a=b. Then a = ba^2 = aba^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2(a + b)(a - b)... more
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| Theorem: 1 + 1 = 2. Proof:n(2n - 2) = n(2n - 2)n(2n - 2) - n(2n - 2) = 0(n - n)(2n - 2) = 02n(n - n) - 2(n - n) = 02n... more
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| Theorem: 1 = -1. Proof: 1 = sqrt(1) = sqrt(-1 * -1) = sqrt(-1) * sqrt(-1) = 1^ = -1. Also one can disprove the a... more
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| Theorem: 1 = 1/2. Proof:We can re-write the infinite series 1/(1*3) + 1/(3*5) + 1/(5*7) + 1/(7*9)+...as 1/2((1/1 - 1/3... more
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| Theorem: 1$ = 10 cent. Proof:We know that $1 = 100 cents. Divide both sides by 100$ 1/100 = 100/100 cents=> $ 1/... more
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| Theorem: 3=4. Proof:Suppose:a + b = c.This can also be written as:4a - 3a + 4b - 3b = 4c - 3c. After reorganizin... more
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| Theorem: All numbers are equal. Proof: Choose arbitrary a and b, and let t = a + b. Then a + b = t(a + b)(a - b) = t(a... more
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| Theorem: All positive integers are equal. Proof: Sufficient to show that for any two positive integers, A and B, A = B... more
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| Theorem: log(-1) = 0. Proof:a. log[(-1)^2] = 2 * log(-1). On the other hand:b. log[(-1)^2] = log(1) = 0. C... more
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| Theorem: n=n+1. Proof:(n+1)^2 = n^2 + 2*n + 1. Bring 2n+1 to the left:(n+1)^2 - (2n+1) = n^2. Subtract n(2... more
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| There was this statistics student who, when driving his car, would always accelerate hard before coming to any junction,... more
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| Two statisticians were traveling in an airplane from LA to New York. About an hour into the flight, the pilot announced... more
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