You subtract the exponents when dividing two exponential numbers or variables with the same base.When you divide an exponential number by itself, the exponent is 0.When you divide by a larger exponential with the same base, the exponent is negative....
Put down the calculator and pitchfork, I don’t speak heresy. The birthday paradox is strange, counter-intuitive, andcompletely true. It’s only a “paradox” because our brains can’t handle the compounding power of exponents. We expect probabilities to be linear and only consider the scenari...
Once your account hits negative (say you're at$50), then your boss gives a legit$50/week raise. Again, your income might be negative, but eventually the raises will overpower it. This constant pull towards the center keeps the cycle going: when you rise up, the "pull" conspires to pu...
We rotated our rate and pushed ourselves into the negative numbers. And a negative growth rate means we're shrinking -- we should expect i^i to make things smaller. And it does: Tada! (Search "i^i" on Google to use its calculator) Take a breather: You can intuitively figure out how...