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  2. Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In certain sports, a magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to clinching a division title and/or a playoff spot. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses (or any combination thereof) by the rival teams after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival teams to capture the title in the remaining number ...

  3. What's the Brewers magic number and who are the teams ... - AOL

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    The magic number is the total number of outcomes that have to go right for a team to secure a playoff spot. Right now, that means any combination of Brewers wins or losses by the second-place team ...

  4. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for New York Yankees to ...

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    Therefore, the surefire magic number for the Yankees to win the AL East is ten. Sep 14, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto (22) reacts after hitting a single ...

  5. Magic number (physics) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, the magic number 8 occurs when the 1s 1/2, 1p 3/2, 1p 1/2 energy levels are filled, as there is a large energy gap between the 1p 1/2 and the next highest 1d 5/2 energy levels. The atomic analog to nuclear magic numbers are those numbers of electrons leading to discontinuities in the ionization energy.

  6. Magic number - Wikipedia

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    Magic Number (game), a pricing game on The Price is Right "Magic Number" (song), a song by Maaya Sakamoto "The Magic Number", a 1990 song by De La Soul from 3 Feet High and Rising; The Magic Numbers, a British rock band; Magic Numbers or Hannah Fry's Magic Numbers, a 2018 series of episodes about Mathematics, presented by Hannah Fry.

  7. Experts Say This Magic Number Is the Key to Any ... - AOL

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    “The magic number is your full final salary times the number of years you expect to be retired. For example, if you plan to retire for 20 years and make $80,000 a year, you’ll need about $1.6 ...

  8. Magnetic flux - Wikipedia

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    If the magnetic field is constant, the magnetic flux passing through a surface of vector area S is = = ⁡, where B is the magnitude of the magnetic field (the magnetic flux density) having the unit of Wb/m 2 , S is the area of the surface, and θ is the angle between the magnetic field lines and the normal (perpendicular) to S.

  9. Magic number (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Magic numbers become particularly confusing when the same number is used for different purposes in one section of code. It is easier to alter the value of the number, as it is not duplicated. Changing the value of a magic number is error-prone, because the same value is often used several times in different places within a program. [6]