Microsoft’s new learning app uses AI to solve math equations within seconds | Artificial Intelligence - YourStory

“I’m not going to do my maths homework. Look at these unsolved problems. Here’s a number in mortal combat with another. One of them is going to get subtracted. But why? What will be left of him?” – Calvin & Hobbes

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Microsoft Math Solver launched in early 2020, and has already recorded one million downloads. With the ongoing surge in online learning, this is a product for the current times, writes YourStory's Sohini Mitter, Student of life.

Thus went Bill Watterson, creator of one of the most iconic comic strips of all time that continues to find relevance in our lives.

Mathematics has been the subject of dread and anxiety for students since time immemorial. In the internet age, learning apps, including homegrown decacorn BYJU’S, and others, have focused on simplifying math for K-12 learners. 

With Math Solver, Microsoft is targeting one of the world’s largest school-going populations that resides in India, where language is often a barrier to learning...

How to use Math Solver 
The app solves all kinds of math problems, including elementary arithmetic, algebra, quadratic equations, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and even word problems like probability, volume, surface area, and so on. 

All you have to do is ‘Scan’ the math problem using the in-app camera.
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Source: YourStory