Once upon a time‚ in the imaginary land of numbers… Yes‚ numbers! I bet that would’ve never come to mind. Which brings me to the question: Who thought of them and why? In 50 A.D.‚ Heron of Alexandria studied the volume of an impossible part of a pyramid. He had to find √(81-114) which‚ back then‚ was insolvable. Heron soon gave up. For a very long time‚ negative radicals were simply deemed “impossible”. In the 1500’s‚ some speculation began to arise again over the square root of negative numbers
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The best trips that my family has taken‚ would definately be to Disney World. Planning each detail six months in advance and having the children involved always made it an adventure. A couple of weeks prior to leaving‚ a party was planned for the children to provide motivation for the upcoming trip. Also‚ as a parent having the satisfaction of knowing how exciting these vacations were for them‚ was worth it all. Although‚ the children have grown older‚ they still speak of the enjoyment they received
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My First Trip Home I am originally from Moldova‚ a country in Eastern Europe. My country was a part of Romania and for a longer period a part of Soviet Union. Since I was seven years old I knew that I would live abroad‚ because all my three older brothers were living in Europe and I got information from them that Europe has many developed countries. Who does not want to live in a developed country? Everyone wants to live in a developed country‚ where people can achieve their dreams‚ and be successful
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The moon The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. The moon orbits the Earth from 384‚400 km and has an average speed of 3700 km per hour. It has a diameter of 3476 km‚ which is about ¼ that of the Earth and has a mass of 7.35e22 kg. The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the sun. The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere‚ but there is evidence by the United States
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1 My Trip to Muir Woods Stephanie Johnson American InterContinental University- Online Outline 1. Introduction. A) Everyone has had a memorable trip. 2. First paragraph. B) My first trip to Muir Woods. 3. Second paragraph. C) Driving up to Muir Woods. 4. Third paragraph. D) My roommate’s driving habits. 5. Fourth paragraph. E) Walking into
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(11:30pm instead of 11:00pm) thus left me only 5 minutes to catch the long-awaited trip to the place which stories in my elementary history books had amazed me most - IFUGAO. As an ultimate “buzzer-beater”‚ I was overjoyed to see the bus‚ especially Mrs. Alice Torres Banas‚ (EVP of MAP) or “Tita Alice” as I fondly call her‚ who was my former college professor‚ who also became my former co-teacher in our Alma Mater‚ and now my mentor in the graduate school. Adjacent to our seat‚ there were also two lovely
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My Trip on the Ganges River Dear Paul‚ About 2 weeks ago I went on an exciting trip along the Ganges River. In this letter I’ll tell you all about it. It turns out that the Ganges has its beginning in an ice cave 10‚300 feet above sea level in the snow-covered Himalayan Mountains of northern India. From there‚ the river flows towards the southeast and goes through East Pakistan‚ for about 1‚557 miles. Ganges River then empties into the Bay of Bengal. Several tributary rivers‚ including the Jumna
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INTRODUCTION: Instilled from only an idea make my trip became the pioneer of the entire online travel industry in India. It has revolutionised over years creating customer satisfaction through its cutting edge technology. It aimed to offer a range of best-value products and services along with dedicated round-the-clock customer support. It offered customers the convenience of online booking of tickets at rock bottom prices. Make My Trip proactively began to diversify its product offering‚ adding
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My Unforgettable Trip to California Mirna El Hadi American Intercontinental University English 106 Dr. Rebecca Coleman January 12‚ 2013 “My Unforgettable Trip to California” This past April‚ my friend and I took a five-day trip to California‚ where we visited San Francisco and the Napa Valley wine country. We flew out on a Friday morning and stayed in the Golden State until Wednesday afternoon. During our visit‚ we saw quite
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My Summer Trip to Abha During my Eid holidays we visited Abha [KSA].Abha is about 2‚200 meters above sea level. It is the capital of Asir province. The trip distance from Dammam to Abha was about 1450 kms. It was a journey from 47 C to 15 C. The interesting side of our trip was my grandparents also came along with us. The journey to Abha was very long. We started the journey At 5:00 AM and reached Khamis Mushayt at 7:00 PM. The car was driven by my dad; of course he is an expert driver which gave
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