# Why do nodes in a hidden layer produce different results (when they are based on the same inputs)?

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**Category:** Advanced Learning Algorithms\
**Tags:** week-module-1\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/why-do-nodes-in-a-hidden-layer-produce-different-results-when-they-are-based-on-the-same-inputs/171697 "2022-07-27T22:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmwkwok](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/rmwkwok/32/126977_2.png) [@rmwkwok](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/rmwkwok)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/why-do-nodes-in-a-hidden-layer-produce-different-results-when-they-are-based-on-the-same-inputs/171697/4 "2022-07-27T23:49:35Z")

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Hey @Roberto_Landrau, in case you want a bit of maths and codes to help understand, please check [this thread](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/c2w1-individual-neurons-and-classification/142248/2) out.

Raymond

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