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The U.S. team won first place for the third time in four years at the 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) which took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania on July 3-14, 2018, with 116 countries participating. Prior to a fourth place finish in 2017, the U.S. team won first place in 2015 and 2016 in the prestigious international competition. In 2018, the International Mathematical Olympiad brought together the top math students from around the world with 615 student competitors. The six U.S. team members also took home five gold medals and one silver medal for their individual high scores in the competition,...

I know there a a lot of FReepers smarter than I, so here goes...got this presented to me for help & I for the life of me am stumped 4 [4 - 5x] = 6x + 4 says answer is x= 10/7 can someone show how to solve? Thanks in advance....

Two Republican lawmakers said they were “profoundly troubled” by the possibility that the Colorado Commission on Higher Education could soften admission requirements for public colleges and universities at a meeting today. Sen. Josh Penry, R-Fruita, and Rep. Rob Witwer, R-Genesee, encouraged the commission to oppose diminishing or abandoning its 2010 public college university admission requirements when it meets today at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. “A decision to roll back CCHE’s rigorous college admission requirements would give Colorado the ignominious distinction of being the only state in the nation that is actually weakening educational standards at a time...

Students will face somewhat less stringent admission standards to Colorado colleges in 2010 than previously planned. The Colorado Commission on Higher Education decided Tuesday to keep a fourth year of high school math as a requirement, but modified the requirement to allow courses such as business math, as well as harder courses such as calculus. The commission also reduced the two-year foreign language requirement to one year. The department of higher education, which staffs the commission, will come up with a plan by the end of the year to provide waivers for students who are unable to take all of...