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Hi everyone, Sal Khan here from Khan Academy, and I just wanted to remind you that if you’re in the position to do so, to think about making a donation to Khan Academy. We are a not-for-profit organization, and we can only exist through donations from fol…

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Homeroom live stream. Very excited about the conversation we’re about to have. But before we jump into that, I’ll make a couple of my standard announcements. First of all, just a reminder that Khan Academy is a not-for-profit …

I love a lot of things. Some people love sunshine and rainbows. Some love the warmth of summer and the chill of winter. Others love the smell of hot coffee in the morning and the coziness of their bed at night. Some love to travel and go on crazy adventur…

Who owns the Statue of Liberty? New York or New Jersey? It should be straightforward, but the island upon which the statue stands, Liberty Island, has been part of a long fight between the states over their river border and the islands between them, with …

We’re asked to graph the circle which is centered at (3, -2) and has a radius of five units. I got this exercise off of the Con Academy “Graph a Circle According to Its Features” exercise. It’s a pretty neat little widget here because what I can do is I c…

On May 19, 2005, Michael Bury bought his first credit default swaps in anticipation of the housing crisis: 60 million of credit default swaps from Deutsche Bank, 10 million each on six different bonds. His prediction: the U.S. mortgage-backed security, on…