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Plumbing Arithmetic Flashcards

1
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The negotiation of wage rates, conditions of employment, etc. by representatives of the labor force and management

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Collective bargaining

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2
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Kite experiment

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Benjamin Franklin

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As applied to capitalized asset, the distribution of the initial cost by periodic changes to operation as in depreciation or reduction of the depth by either periodic or irregular prearranged program

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Amortization

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4
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First Inventors of Pumps for Plumbing

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Ancient Egyptians

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5
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Atoms

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Niels Bohr

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The estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete at the end of useful life

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Salvage Value

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7
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What is the shape of the face of hexahedron?

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Square

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8
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Quantum Theory

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Max Planck

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9
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Also known as natural number

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Counting Numbers

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10
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Piston Pump

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Ctesibius

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11
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A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

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Fallacy

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12
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Refers to horizontal axis

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Abscissa

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13
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Father of Electricity

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Michael Faraday

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14
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The property of material bodies to regain its original size on the removal of deforming force

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Elasticity

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15
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Father of Physics

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Isaac Newton

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16
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Unit of Capacitance

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Farad

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17
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If 3 cats kill 3 rats in 3 minutes, how long will 100 cats kill 100 rats?

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3 minutes

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18
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How many times do the two hands of the clock be at right angles in a day?

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44 times

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19
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Energy by virtue of the object’s position

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Potential Energy

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20
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What is the complementary angle of 80 degrees?

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10 degrees

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21
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Electric Starter Motor

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Charles Kettering

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22
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The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular motion is known as ______

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Diffusion

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23
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1 nautical mile = _____ ft

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6080

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24
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A form of oligopoly, where only two companies dominate the market

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Duopoly

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25
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What is a polygon with 10 sides?

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Decagon

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26
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Kind of obligation which has no condition attached, only 1 party is legally bound

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Gratuitous Obligation

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27
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An annuity that guarantees payment of a set amount for the term of the agreement and can’t go down or up

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Fixed Annuity

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28
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A ring shaped surface or solid obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not intersect

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Torus

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29
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Also known as Constant Percentage Method or Matheson’s Method

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Declining Balance Method

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30
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Angular distance from the equator measure along a meridian

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Latitude

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31
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The Father of Geometry

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Euclid

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32
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An evil wrong committed by a person which damaged another person’s property or reputation is ______

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Tort

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33
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In trigonometry one revolution is equal to, except ______
a. pi radian
b. 400 grad
c. 6400 mils
d. 360 degrees

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a. pi radian

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34
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The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life of the item is called

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Depreciation Recovery

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35
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Bond to which coupons are attached indicating the interest due and the date when such interest is to be paid

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Coupon Bond

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36
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The path of the planets about the sun is elliptical in shape, with the center of the sun being located at one focus

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Kepler’s First Law

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37
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Modern Electric Power System

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Thomas Edison

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38
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Boolean Algebra

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George Boole

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39
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A series of regular payments made at the end of each period, such as monthly or quarterly

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Ordinary Annuity

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40
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Father of Plumbing, Flush Toiles

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Sir John Harrington

41
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An algebraic expression consisting of three terms

42
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Planetary Motion

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Johanes Kepler

43
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The sum of direct labor cost and direct material cost

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Prime cost

44
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The curve has an eccentricity of less than 1

45
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What is the shape of the face of an octahedron?

46
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Locus of points which moves so that the sum of the distance from two fixed points (foci) is constant and is equal to the length of the major axis

47
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Density of water in slug

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1.94 slug/cu.ft.

48
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Transistor

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Bardeen, Brattain, Shockley

49
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A body in its state of rest or at constant speed in a straight line motion is compelled to change that state because of forces acting on it

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1st Law of Motion

50
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The middle term of a set of numbers

51
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Part of theorem which is assumed to be true

52
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Earliest modern plumbing systems in hotels, including hot and cold running water, indoor toilets, and bathtubs.

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Isaiah Rogers

53
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Electromagnetism

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James Clark Maxwell

54
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A bond that is secured by one or more financial asses such as shares of stocks or other bonds

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Collateral Trust

55
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A business run by one individual for his or her own benefit. It is the simplest form of business organization

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Sole Proprietorship

56
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Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps

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Leonardo da Vinci

57
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Conic Sections

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Appolonus of Perga

58
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Popularized indoor plumbing

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Thomas Crapper

59
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The angle in which the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal which is above the eye of the observer is called ______

A

Angle of Elevation

60
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Father of Trigonometry

A

Hipparchus

61
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SI unit of Torque

A

Newton-Meter

62
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He was made an honorary member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union after stating that if he could live his life over again, he would be a plumber

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Albert Einstein

63
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Archimedean screw

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Archimedes

64
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The type of bond where corporation’s owner name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically to the owner

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Registered Bond

65
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This law states, “The voltage v, across a resistor is directly proportional to the current i, flowing through the resistor?

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Ohm’s Law

66
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This type of market occurs when there is a large number of small companies competing against each other

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Perfect Competition

67
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1 statute mile = ______ ft

68
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What do you call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb of charge through an element?

69
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Another term for rhombus

70
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What property does this equation fall: (6+10) + 3 = 6 + (10 + 3)

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Associative Property

71
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Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold (COGS) as percentage of sales

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Gross Margin

72
Q

How many meters is a terameter

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1 trillion

73
Q

Work-in-progress is classified as?

74
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Earliest known pumps

75
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The provision in the contract that indicates the possible adjustment of material cost and labor cost

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Escalatory Clause

76
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A number used to designate objects or quantities

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Ordinal number

77
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Theoretical Physics

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Leonhard Euler

78
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Interest, taxes, amortization, and insurance considered as _____

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Fixed Cost

79
Q

Identify the fraction that is repeating but non-terminating
a. 1/8
b. 1/9
c. 2/5
d. 3/4

80
Q

What quadrant is the sine positive

81
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A triangle with no sides equal

82
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If a = b then b = a

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Symmetric Property

83
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Ration of the volume of stress to the volume strain

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Bulk Modulus

84
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S-trap in 1775

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Alexander Cummings

85
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Cartesian

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Rene Descartes

86
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Change in momentum

87
Q

If you want to arrive at an undefined answer, divide a number by ______

88
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AC, Radiotechnology

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Nikola Tesla

89
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He conceptualized that the heavier the object, the faster the speed it will fall

90
Q

How many vertices are there in a dodecahedron

91
Q

What is the lessening of the value of an asset due to a decrease in the quantity available as a coal, oil and timer in forests?

92
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Father of Algebra

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Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

93
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First term of the ratio

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Antecedent

94
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A Greek philosopher known for shouting “Eureka” after nakedly went out his house

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Archimedes

95
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Measure of randomness of the molecule of a substance

96
Q

Deliberate (intentional) lowering of the price of a nation’s currency in terms of

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Devaluation

97
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Number Theory, Trigonometric Identities

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Leonhard Euler

98
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Inspiration of the law of gravity

99
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flush toilet

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