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    Risk: the short and simple definition

    In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity, often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences. An actuary is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty. The name of the corresponding field is actuarial science. More

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    How is trigonometry (sin and cos) used in the real world?

    One use of Trig is to calculate the height of tall objects, such as a tree or flagpole. You may wonder how tall the object is but have no way to reach the top to measure the height. Instead, you can use trigonometry to calculate the height: Stand some distance away from the object and […] More

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    Religion defined

    A religion is an organized belief system — which usually involves the revering of god(s) or supernatural beings — which tries to make sense of the cause, attributes, and purpose of existence. Religion can enable people to find direction, success, and meaning in their lives. There are around 4,300 religions in the world today. The […] More

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    What is the difference between spirituality and religion?

    Religion is a predefined belief system, including god(s), rituals, scripture, and beliefs. Spirituality is like “open-source religion”. What does open-source mean? Open-source typically denotes software that is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Similarly, a spiritual person usually takes bits and pieces from one or more religions and edits them into their […] More

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    How exactly does a computer program work?

    Think about it like this. Software in general is just instructions that tell a computer what to do. A processor, the computational engine of a computer, only understands a limited set of instructions. These few instructions are combined to create a series of instructions that can perform more complex computations. Software may be written in […] More

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    Derivatives and Integrals Simplified

    Derivative How one thing changes based on a change in another thing. For example, acceleration is the derivative of velocity. How the velocity changes with respect to time is acceleration. Integral Summing up the values of a dependent variable over a range of an independent variable. Example Assume that 10 grams of water flows out […] More

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    Permutations and Combinations Simplified

    Permutations The number of permutations is how many different ways can you arrange things. Let’s take two dice as an example: dice 1 (D1) and dice 2 (D2). There are 36 permutations, or ways you can arrange the dice: D1: 1, D2: 1 D1: 1, D2: 2 D1: 1, D2: 3 D1: 1, D2: 4 […] More

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