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Mathematical language extends natural language to be what?Read the answer and worked solution →In mathematics, the word "or" is used to mean which of the following?Read the answer and worked solution →In mathematics, a line is described as having what width?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement on real and imaginary numbers is correct?Read the answer and worked solution →Words such as polynomial and homomorphism are examples of what in mathematical language?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the symbol sentence "A = B" read aloud in mathematical language?Read the answer and worked solution →How do we say the quantifier in "∀x" aloud?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is a lone formula, outside a sentence, meaningless?Read the answer and worked solution →In the formula E = mc², the context tells us that c is which quantity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is true of an algebraic integer?Read the answer and worked solution →Informal shorthand such as "killing" in place of "replacing with zero" is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why can a beginner not follow a maths text easily?Read the answer and worked solution →Once a statement is cast into mathematical form, what can be done with it?Read the answer and worked solution →Mathematical notation is mainly used to represent concepts in what manner?Read the answer and worked solution →Who first introduced mathematical notation at the end of the 16th century?Read the answer and worked solution →Who largely expanded notation in the 17th and 18th centuries, most of all?Read the answer and worked solution →The decimal digits are used to represent numbers through which numeral system?Read the answer and worked solution →Historically, which letters were used to represent points in geometry?Read the answer and worked solution →Historically, which letters were used for variables and constants?Read the answer and worked solution →In natural language, an expression is analogous to which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one of these is an expression, not a formula?Read the answer and worked solution →To evaluate an expression means to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Brackets are used in expressions for what purpose?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the symbol × usually denote in elementary arithmetic?Read the answer and worked solution →In geometry and linear algebra, × denotes which product?Read the answer and worked solution →In set theory, the × sign denotes which operation?Read the answer and worked solution →In the entry 10 ± 2, the sign ± shows what?Read the answer and worked solution →The sign ∓, used together with ±, denotes what?Read the answer and worked solution →The sign ÷ is described as how in current mathematics?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the slash in 3 / 2 spoken aloud?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Mathematical language extends natural language to be what?

  1. Rhyming and story-like
  2. Humorous and rhythmic
  3. Emotional and persuasive
  4. Concise, precise, unambiguous
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Correct answer: D. Concise, precise, unambiguous

1. Mathematical language extends a natural language such as English. 2. Its aim is to state laws, theorems and proofs briefly, exactly and without double meaning. 3. Humour, rhetoric or rhyme are features of literary language, not of mathematics. _Source: Wikipedia, Language of mathematics, lead section_

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In mathematics, the word "or" is used to mean which of the following?

  1. Only the first one
  2. Exactly one of the two
  3. Only the second one
  4. One, the other or both
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Correct answer: D. One, the other or both

1. Mathematics gives common words a more specific meaning. 2. "Or" means one, the other, or both together. 3. Everyday speech sometimes excludes the "both" case, so the exclusive readings are not the mathematical default. _Source: Wikipedia, Language of mathematics, Features_

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In mathematics, a line is described as having what width?

  1. A tiny width
  2. A fixed width
  3. Zero width
  4. A varying width
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Correct answer: C. Zero width

1. Mathematical words are made more precise than daily words. 2. A mathematical line is straight and has zero width. 3. A pencil mark has width, but it only represents the ideal line. _Source: Wikipedia, Language of mathematics, Features_

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