A Mad White-Hatter

Given that:

y=z•sin(5x),

y=-1/3 • x+3, and

y=x^2 +nx,

I'm trying to find all solutions for x, y, z, and n. What sort of math would I use to calculate out an expression of all the solutions per variable?

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If all sexual orientations are of equal importance or significance, or whatever, then why is there no "straight" category under cultures and groups? Is the LGBT community some "special" subgroup of people that simply aren't normal, and thus deserve their own separate category?

Given an object O with a string attached to it floating in space with no gravitational or frictional forces acting on it, the string being pulled at 45º from imaginary line AOB, where A and B are arbitrary reference points, common sense dictates that force distribution horizontally and vertically would be equivalent (where line AOB is horizontal, and a line perpendicular to that is vertical). See diagram: http://grab.by/5o7y

This is because there really is no distinction between line AB and the unlabeled line besides what we may arbitrarily label them as. Thus, intuition dictates that there thus should be no difference between "horizontal" and "vertical" forces of an object being pulled at 45º. However, look in any physics textbook and you'll see the formula F_horizontal=cos(θ)*force to describe a similar situation, with the only real differences being the presence of gravity and possibly friction. Neither are mentioned however in provided example: http://bit.ly/aC4VT4 problem 3, "triangle of forces." Thus, if the rope in the example were at a 45º angle, then about 70% of the force would be transfered horizontally and 30% of the force would be transfered vertically because of cos(45). Because in reality, the only distinction between horizontal and vertical is gravity, and in some cases friction, which (if any) is resulting in this apparent unbalance in distribution?

First off, if you've done this, or know of a good way to do this, please inform me via answering this question:

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