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  2. Change-making problem - Wikipedia

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    It asks what denominations should be chosen for the coins in order to minimize the average cost of making change, that is, the average number of coins needed to make change. The version of this problem assumed that the people making change will use the minimum number of coins (from the denominations available).

  3. Adopt Me! - Wikipedia

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    Due to the high cost of pets within the game, with some rare pets selling for up to US$300 on off-platform sites, [29] [30] a large subculture of scammers have risen within Adopt Me!. As the primary user base of Adopt Me! is on average younger than the rest of Roblox [citation needed], they are especially susceptible to falling for scams. [31] [32]

  4. List of mathematical series - Wikipedia

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    An infinite series of any rational function of can be reduced to a finite series of polygamma functions, by use of partial fraction decomposition, [8] as explained here. This fact can also be applied to finite series of rational functions, allowing the result to be computed in constant time even when the series contains a large number of terms.

  5. Infinite monkey theorem - Wikipedia

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    [a] In fact, the monkey would almost surely type every possible finite text an infinite number of times. The theorem can be generalized to state that any sequence of events that has a non-zero probability of happening will almost certainly occur an infinite number of times, given an infinite amount of time or a universe that is infinite in size.

  6. List of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters

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    Ford Prefect is Arthur Dent's friend. He rescued Dent when the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass at the start of the story. Although his heart is in the right place and he is shown to be highly intelligent, resourceful, and even brave, Ford is essentially a dilettante when it comes to causes such as the search for the question to the ultimate answer of "life ...

  7. Problem solving - Wikipedia

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    Problem solving is the process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities. Problems in need of solutions range from simple personal tasks (e.g. how to turn on an appliance) to complex issues in business and technical fields.

  8. Julia Gillard - Wikipedia

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    Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who was the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013.

  9. Nicholas II - Wikipedia

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    Yurovsky quickly repeated the order and Nicholas said, according to Peter Ermakov, "You know not what you do." The executioners drew handguns and began shooting; Nicholas was the first to die. Yurovsky took credit afterwards for firing the first shot that killed the tsar, but his protege— Grigory Nikulin —said years later that Mikhail ...