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Looking for a Lost Friend Hey everyone, Back in my younger days, about 5 years ago, I absolutely loved playing Maplestory. I was 13 years old and I loved coming home from school every day to do the LMPQ. As time went on, I began to play other games, and then I got into my sophomore year of high school when I quit Maplestory and video games entirely. Since then, I've only been playing a few games on and off (League of Legends for one. I've been playing that game for two years now and I haven't even hit level 30, something many of my friends accomplished in weeks). I'm 18 now, and I'm thinking back to the friends I made when I played this game. One of my best friends at the time was Icemango, and his real name was Alan. Him and I played almos

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Help with Calculus derivative How do I take the first derivative of x^1/3(x-4)^2/3 I know it looks really easy at first, using chain rule, etc, but it gets ugly really fast and I don't know what to do. How on earth to I proceed to answering this question? I don't expect anyone to write out to whole solution (would be great though) but if I could get some assistance on how to proceed? The point I get to, and then I have no clue what to do is this: 1/3x^-2/3(x-4)^2/3 + 2/3x^1/3(x-4)^-1/3 What to do next is confusing me. I probably did it wrong, or I am approaching the question in the wrong way. By the way, my teacher said this is an extremely difficult question, so don't hate aha.

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Is this math question doable? This was a question on my math test today. Basically, we were given this function: f(x) = x^2 + 3x + 2 (so a quadratic or a parabola) We were told the interval of this function was from -3 to a. We were told to find what a is, assuming that the instantaneous rate of change is -1. How do I go about to doing this? I got it wrong, but I honestly want to know how this question could have been done... Its been bothering me all day. Thanks for any help! EDIT: This is for my grade 12 advanced functions class, and my teacher specificed on the test we can't use anything that is taught in Calculus.

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Asian fashion question Hey guys, so I'm a dude whose thinking about buying some asian clothing from websites such as yesstyle and sneakoutfitters. I have read that asian clothing is smaller than american clothing. My issue here is, in American clothing, I wear a small, and even that is sometimes too big for me (for example, the casual shirts I buy in small cover a large portion of my "butt pockets" on my pants), and so i opt to buy XS when the shirt i want is in that size (rarely is though:/ However, when I find the clothing in XS, it fits perfectly, but i can live with S clothing aswell). Knowing that information, should I opt to buy a medium, or a large? I read that you should add atleast one size more when going from American t

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Just got punched in the face Just had a soccer game and someone thought it would be a good idea to punch me in the face after I scored. Anyway, I went to the dressing room right after the punch (coaches' suggestion although I felt fine) and tried to fix myself up. Luckily, there was no bleeding, and there isn't any bruising in the area, however, there is a minor lump on the side of my nose.... (I got punched right beneath the eye, I'm assuming the side of my nose took a piece of it). I don't have any breathing problems, and aside from that, my nose isn't deformed or anything. It was both a weak and a punch that didn't hit the spot that was intended. Anyone have experiences with knuckle sandwiches to the face? Is this normal? When will it go

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What would you guys say the answer to this question is? This question was on my bio test today: Two people are rowing a boat for 10 minutes. While they row the boat/exercise, they start to feel shaking in their muscles, and a burn in their muscles. What causes this? Will the pain go away after they finish working out? I know the thing that causes that is lactic acid buildup in the muscle, and I went on to explain that whole process (lactic acid fermentation), and I know I got that part correct. However, for the second part of the question, is the answer yes, or no? Many of my friends said no, but I say yes. The reason being that right after you finish working out the burn you feel during the workout is gone as lactic acid is converted back

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How do Embalmers use chemistry? I tried looking it up and all I get is the chemicals they use and why... Can I get more specific? This is a project for my gr 9 chemistry class. We haven't done ANY chemistry yet, so I can't really relate the stuff I am reading to chemistry, because I barely know anything for chemistry... I want to impress the teacher though, so how can I go about to doing that? For this project we had to answer a series of questions about a career she gave us. This is the only question I am having difficulties with:/

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I hate multiple choice any tips? For example, on my gr 12 bio exam today, more than half of the questions had more than 1 correct answer. The question was asking what best describes gas exchange in humans, and literally 4 described gas exchange, but you had to pick which one is the one the teacher liked best... What do you do in these situations? In previous years, there would usually be 1 or 2 questions where the multiple choice seemingly had more than 1 option that is correct, but this test, literally half of it was like this...:/

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Quick physics questions I was assigned about 10 questions for physics, but I just can't figure out these ones... Augh. I hate the feeling of trying to figure stuff out but not being able to because you just don't know how... I'm taking the advanced class and the teacher gives us homework where 50% of the material he teaches, the other 50% you have to figure out one way or another. 31.) Find the amount of thermal energy lost when 300 g of aluminum cools from 120 degrees Celsius to 55 degrees Celsius 33.) A 50 g sample of lead starts at 22 degrees Celsius and is heated until it absorbs 8.7x10^2 J of energy. Find the final temperature of the lead.

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