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events that cannot happen at the same time, for example, you cannot roll a 5 and 3 at the same...

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(N) all the counting numbers, starting at 1: N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}

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the stated interest rate that has not been adjusted for inflation (or compounding).

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an imaginary number

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decimal numbers that do not recur in a pattern after the decimal point. Instead, these numbers...

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