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18d

SUPER URGENT. Each year, the high school guidance counselors conduct a survey to estimate proportion...
each year, the high school guidance counselors conduct a survey to estimate the proportion of students at the school who cheat on their homework. Based on a random sample of 300 students from the... more
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A health magazine reported that 27% of adult males smoke cigarettes.
A health magazine reported that 27% of adult meals smoke cigarettes. A competing magazine thinks this claim is false. To test this claim, they select 40 adult meals at random and record if they... more
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05/01/20

p and q are complex numbers such that p=2/5x+1, q=x+1, and p+q=3x+2. What interval must x fall?
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08/29/19

How do you find the integral of a linear line?
The equation given is y=1.1x with the domain: [0,13] and range: [0,12.9]
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07/04/19

Are doubly augmented and doubly diminished intervals practical?
In music theory when naming intervals, a lowered diminished interval is a doubly diminished interval (dd) and a raised augmented interval is a doubly augmented interval (AA). One example is a... more
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07/01/19

Is there a simple way to transpose a song from one key to another? What is the methodology?
What is a simple way to accomplish transposing a song from one key to another key?In other words if I am looking at a song written in the key of C and can't sing it in that key and I want to... more
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06/30/19

Find the price elasticity of demand for the demand function at the indicated x-value?
Demand function: p=700-3x Quantity Demanded: x=15(a) Find the price elasticity of demand for the demand function at the indicated x-value.(b) Identify the intervals of elasticity and inelastcity
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06/29/19

Why have I never found any music written in the key of C Sharp Major?
Music is written in almost every key that corresponds to every note that is on my piano keyboard. There is clearly a C Sharp (black key right of C) on my piano keyboard but I don't recall ever... more
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06/27/19

Etymology of word "Octave"?
How come the etymology of the word octave is related to the number *eight*, when the numbers that you would associate with the meaning of the word are either two – doubling of the frequency – , or... more
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06/27/19

Confusion in naming intervals?
If I play C E G on the piano, then G acts as a perfect 5th, but if I play G C E and the lowest note (just below the C) is G, can I still call G a perfect 5th of C maj? Because the interval now... more
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06/27/19

Melody And Intervals?
How do composers think about intervals like minor, major,etc to compose melody? Eg I know playing major third will invoke happy mood....that is if we play C and then E creates happier... more
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06/26/19

Is there a formal term for the "WWHW" and "WHWW" ordering of intervals in a perfect 5th?
The reason for my question is that I'm developing a simpler way, using one's fingers instead of the music staff to introduce basic theory to non-musicians. It's called "THE Music Theory" - "THE"... more
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06/24/19

Is there a simple way to transpose a song from one key to another? What is the methodology?
What is a simple way to accomplish transposing a song from one key to another key? In other words if I am looking at a song written in the key of C and can't sing it in that key and I want to... more
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06/21/19

Why have I never found any music written in the key of C Sharp Major?
Music is written in almost every key that corresponds to every note that is on my piano keyboard. There is clearly a C Sharp (black key right of C) on my piano keyboard but I don't recall ever... more
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06/19/19

How does one measure the interval between two pitches?
What is the procedure for measuring the interval between two pitches? How do I know if something is a fifth, sixth, or something else? Why, for instance, is C to D a second even though we only go... more
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06/13/19

Harmonic/Melodic Minor in Keys?
How does one find the key to a scale like harmonic minor, or is out of key?
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06/10/19

Is interval always related to a scale?
Is music interval always a concept in terms of scales and do we always have to take the first note as tonic? What would be the interval between D note and E note in C major scale?
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06/05/19

Does the bass note in a "slash" chord really have an associated interval?
I have a question about "slash" chords. Look at the chord E/G: <pre> E G♯ B G 1 3 5 ? </pre> G is the minor 3rd interval (♭3) in the key of E. However, I would have thought by... more
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06/04/19

Statistics about the frequency of different type of intervals?
Do you know if any statistics about the frequency of different type of intervals in music (of a certain period or by a specific composer) exist? For instance, suppose you have this piece of music... more
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05/31/19

Why do notes have multiple names?
I've seen the same note called different names for example the note F# can also be written as Gb. Why is this the case and are there times to use one name over another?
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05/28/19

Perfect fourth is dissonant when there's no note below it?
According to Walter Piston's Harmony book, a perfect fourth is dissonant if there's no tone below its lower tone, while it's consonant if there's a third or a perfect fifth below the interval. In... more
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05/21/19

Are doubly augmented and doubly diminished intervals practical?
In music theory when naming intervals, a lowered diminished interval is a doubly diminished interval (dd) and a raised augmented interval is a doubly augmented interval (AA). One example is a... more
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04/19/19

Term for distinguishing dim/perfect/aug intervals from dim/min/maj/aug ones?
There are two types of intervals, distinguished by their possible qualities: - Unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves (and their compound variants) may be of perfect or (multiply)... more
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04/07/19

Classification of 9th, 11th, and 13th intervals by consonance and dissonance?
An interval is classified by its consonance or dissonance: as an open consonance (unison, perfect fifth, octave), a soft consonance (major and minor third and sixth), mild dissonance (major second... more
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04/01/19

What is so special about the devil's interval?
I'm interested in learning more of the Devil's interval, how it originated, some of its uses and what exactly about the interval of a diminished fifth makes it sound ominous?
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