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Answer: An obvious solution is x = 3.​ But are there others? Note that, if x.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You How do you solve to find x if [math] x^x=27[/math]? Justin Park, does math Written Wed An obvious solution is [math]x = 3[/math]. But are there others? Note that, if [math]x > y \geq 1[/math], then [math]x^x > y^y[/math]. Thus, the function [math]f(x) = x^x[/math] is strictly increasing for [math]x > 1[/math], so [math]x^x = 27[/math] at no more than one point in this interval. And su... Read More » Why is Harry allowed to practice the spell Lumos at the beginning of the film Prisoner of Azkaban? Why does the Ministry not have an issue with it? Sasha McDilda, Have read all 7 books over 100 times each. Written Mon In the book Harry was not practicing "Lumos" in his room, he was writing an essay on witch burning in the 14th century. However after the whole "Aunt Marge balloon" issue h... Read More » What the heck is Medicare (Australia)? Stephen Daniel Written Jul 16 Australian medicare is arguably the second best free healthcare system in the world. Australian taxpayers support universal healthcare . As a nation we know that a country i... Read More » What is better, a CPU with 4 cores, each having 1.5GHz, or a CPU with 2 cores, with 3GHz? And why? David Ecale, I've got a box of Slot1 CPUs in the closet & one that I use as a Letter Holder! Written Jul 11 I've answered this a dozen+ times here. The folks at Cray Research, Inc. figured out the answer nearly 30 years ago. So, here's what they found: 2 CPUs =~ 1.6 CPUs 4 CPUs =~ ... Read More » What are the sites every entrepreneur should know? Jonathan Coates, (The Consultant) Written Jul 11 The Top Sites Every Entrepreneur Should Know About (2 of Which you would have never guessed! - & could be costing you money everyday!) ———————————————————————————————————- I ... Read More » How did Michael Douglas beat his fourth stage tongue cancer? Gary Larson, Medical Director - Procure Proton Therapy Center - Oklahoma City - PI - PCG-OKC Updated Jul 14 Generally, in cancer staging systems (which are different for each type of cancer), Stage IV means the cancer has spread to a site distant from the primary tumor. For examp... Read More » Why is Captain America: Civil War a "Captain America" film rather than an "Avengers" film? Jim Doherty, Police Officer, Mystery/True Crime Writer, Practicing Catholic, Movie Buff Written Jul 16 Well, "villain" may be a little strong, but I think generally Iron Man is not supposed to be who we're rooting for. As for why it's a Captain America film rather than an Ave... Read More » Is it impossible to learn to juggle, while being blind in one eye? Joshua Engel, worked at The Rude Mechanicals Written Mon I have known jugglers who were completely blind. Juggling isn't about seeing. You know where your hands are. You know where the ball will be because the only thing affectin... Read More » How does our finger nail indicate our health conditions? Jessica Zastoupil, former Licensed Master Nail Tech since 1999 Written Jul 17 Oh, nails can indicate health in so many ways! Very pale nails can indicate anemia, congestive heart failure, liver disease or malnutrition Terry's nails - when the tip of ea... Read More » Which character from Marvel's The Avengers was most loved by fans? Mike Schneider, Editor of Octal Comics ( www-OctalComics-com ) Written Mon Fans of Ironman love him from Ironman, fans of Thor or Loki love them from Thor, etc. But fans of Hulk love him 'from Marvel's The Avengers'. We've never seen a better Hulk ... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.