The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking 4e + WileyPLUS Registration Card

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Author: Burger, Edward B. , Starbird, Michael

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Chapter 7.3, Problem 29MS

Power play (H). Using any method, including guess-and-check, find all the real numbers x that satisfy each equation:

x 3 = − 8 4 x = 1024 5 x = 625 x 7 = − 1 ( x 3 ) / ( x 5 ) = 1 / 4

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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking 4e + WileyPLUS Registration Card

Ch. 7.1 - The incredible shrinking duck. On the Quacked...Ch. 7.1 - Multiplicity (S). In the Sierpinski Triangle,...Ch. 7.1 - Different sizes. In the fern, find three reduced...Ch. 7.1 - Blooming broccoli. In the bunch of broccoli, find...Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 5MS Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 6MS Ch. 7.1 - Maybe moon. What features of the fractal forgeries...Ch. 7.1 - Exposing forgeries. What features of the fractal...Ch. 7.1 - Natures way. Find some examples of self-similarity...Ch. 7.1 - Do it yourself (H). Draw a figure that contains...

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Look at the graph for Mindscape 38....Ch. 7.6 - We meet again. Look at the graph for Mindscape 39....Ch. 7.6 - Calculating percentages (H). Return to Table 1 on...Ch. 7.6 - Calculating percentages II. Repeat Mindscape 48...

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