Considering Buying All Possible PowerBall Combinations? Might Want to Read This First.
Putting the “owe” in “PowerBall.” Why borrowing $584 million to make $1.4 billion is more work than it seems.
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Calculating the Distance Between Two XYZ 3D Points Using a Common Direction 3D Vector
The title sucks. More clearly, I have 2 points in 3D space. I have an orientation vector. If I put infinite planes normal to the vector thru the respective points, what is the distance between those 2 planes?
Read MoreFinding the Center of a Circle from Three XYZ Points
Here’s the problem: Given any three non-collinear coordinates in three-dimensions, find the circumcenter xyz coordinates in only simple arithmetic or parametric notation. A collaboration with Clare Hemenway and Paul Martin....
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