As schools and universities take varying stances on AI, some teachers believe the tech can democratize tutoring. Here's how - and where the drawbacks lie.

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NPV calculates profitability using all projected cash inflows and outflows, considering time value of money. A positive NPV suggests a profitable project; a negative NPV suggests a loss. NPV's ...

George Bernard Shaw is widely credited with observing that “England and America are two countries separated by a common language”. The same might be said of marketing and finance, because they use ...

The federal government’s recent decision to remove Mathematics as a compulsory requirement for students in the arts and humanities seeking admission into Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and ...

The time value of money, or TVM, means that any amount of money has more value now than it will in the future. There are several reasons why money is worth more now than that same amount in the future ...

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000. This is the kind of math riddle you can work out with times tables, or by simple logic. First, get as close to 1,000 as you can (888). From there, it’s easy to ...

Imagine two companies, both reporting a profit of $5 million. At a glance, they seem equally successful. But what if one of those companies needed $100 million in investor capital to generate that ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...