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  2. The monkey and the coconuts - Wikipedia

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    (a/d)x + (b/d)y = c/d. where d is the greatest common divisor of a and b. [10] By Bézout's identity, the equation is solvable if and only if d divides c. If it does, the equation has infinitely many periodic solutions of the form x = x 0 + t · b, y = y 0 + t · a. where (x 0,y 0) is a solution and t is a parameter than can

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as: "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)

  4. List of sail codes - Wikipedia

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    The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1] They must be placed below the class insignias and above the sail number. In 1992, the code system was aligned to the one of IOC and has followed since. [2]

  5. Sailor wakes up to sea lion sleeping in his boat - AOL

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    "I woke up around 2:30 a.m. and heard snoring and sneezing," said sailor Michael Duffy.

  6. X̂ - Wikipedia

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    The letter is used in the modern orthography of the Aleut language [1] and in the current Alaska Native Language Center alphabet of the Haida language. [2] In both cases, it represents the sound [ χ ] : the dental tippred sound are the value of plosively rhotic consonant, if the uvular consonant has streegaters to strange the consonant to the ...

  7. 25-Year-Old Navy Sailor Found Dead in Georgia's River

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    Devin Jeter was reported missing after he failed to show up for work at his Navy base

  8. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    The word nautical derives from the Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from nautēs: "sailor", from naus: "ship". Further information on nautical terminology may also be found at Nautical metaphors in English, and additional military terms are listed in the Multiservice tactical brevity code article.

  9. Colombian sailor found alive after 2 months adrift, US Coast ...

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    The 29-year-old Colombian sailor was picked up some 3,500 miles from home — far out in a desolate stretch of the Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. SEE ALSO: Powerball jackpot at ...