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[H]Math: How does this work?

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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:19 GMT
#1
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I can half-see it, but still can't. I know after that, I can do the conjugate to get the final answer of simplification. But it's from the two functions I couldn't get it. So f(x) gets the 1/sqr(x-1) into it, but what about f(2) ? I don't get that, at all.

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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-20 00:23:45
May 20 2008 00:21 GMT
#2
Difference Quotient much?

Edit: lol I'll explain hold on

Apply the slope formula to your function f(x) as though it is y(x)

Then... (note below Mikeymoo already has it and is correct)
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fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
May 20 2008 00:22 GMT
#3
I don't understand the question....do you not understand how to get from the second to the third line?
Do you really want chat rooms?
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
May 20 2008 00:22 GMT
#4
sub 2 as x.
f(2) is
1/sqrt(2-1)
1/1
1
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:23 GMT
#5
On May 20 2008 09:22 fight_or_flight wrote:
I don't understand the question....do you not understand how to get from the second to the third line?

The substituting actually, it's driving me nuts.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:23 GMT
#6
On May 20 2008 09:22 mikeymoo wrote:
sub 2 as x.
f(2) is
1/sqrt(2-1)
1/1
1

I love you.
fight_or_flight
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
May 20 2008 00:24 GMT
#7
So then did you figure it out? lol
Do you really want chat rooms?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
May 20 2008 00:24 GMT
#8
I'm glad you got the help you needed but to be honest this is more of an
On May 20 2008 06:40 Raithed wrote:
epic fail

/asshole
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radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
May 20 2008 00:26 GMT
#9
what?

you plug in 2 for x into the f(x) equation

and the answer is 1

am i missing something here
impatience is a virtue
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-20 00:27:49
May 20 2008 00:27 GMT
#10
On May 20 2008 09:26 radar14 wrote:
what?

you plug in 2 for x into the f(x) equation

and the answer is 1

am i missing something here

No, he wasn't seeing how if you plug 2 into the function and then plug it into the slope formula you get that result.
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radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
May 20 2008 00:29 GMT
#11
uhh yeah that's pretty sad dude unless you're in like 7th grade or something
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
May 20 2008 00:31 GMT
#12
On May 20 2008 09:29 radar14 wrote:
uhh yeah that's pretty sad dude unless you're in like 7th grade or something

He was just bm in my blog so the karma explanations works, but let's not be ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with learning this in, say, 12th grade and getting a bit confused; especially if math isn't your thing.
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:34 GMT
#13
On May 20 2008 09:31 micronesia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2008 09:29 radar14 wrote:
uhh yeah that's pretty sad dude unless you're in like 7th grade or something

He was just bm in my blog so the karma explanations works, but let's not be ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with learning this in, say, 12th grade and getting a bit confused; especially if math isn't your thing.

lolol I have nothing against you at all, you've helped me in the past with math before so why let one comment in your blog bother you?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
May 20 2008 00:37 GMT
#14
On May 20 2008 09:34 Raithed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2008 09:31 micronesia wrote:
On May 20 2008 09:29 radar14 wrote:
uhh yeah that's pretty sad dude unless you're in like 7th grade or something

He was just bm in my blog so the karma explanations works, but let's not be ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with learning this in, say, 12th grade and getting a bit confused; especially if math isn't your thing.

lolol I have nothing against you at all, you've helped me in the past with math before so why let one comment in your blog bother you?

Ok you are right. The whole point of the blog was to be bm so I really shouldn't complain.
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mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
May 20 2008 00:37 GMT
#15
lol I see what fanatacist is talking about now...
you said you were in EE?
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radar14
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1437 Posts
May 20 2008 00:38 GMT
#16
so are you really in 7th grade?
impatience is a virtue
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:39 GMT
#17
On May 20 2008 09:37 mikeymoo wrote:
lol I see what fanatacist is talking about now...
you said you were in EE?

I am, LOOOL. Yeah I bug him about Physics all the time, he's bad at explaining Calc though.
KH1031
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States862 Posts
May 20 2008 00:40 GMT
#18
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 00:42 GMT
#19
On May 20 2008 09:40 KH1031 wrote:
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LOOOL
SIUnit
Profile Joined December 2006
China288 Posts
May 20 2008 01:00 GMT
#20
On May 20 2008 09:40 KH1031 wrote:
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haha, that just made my day so much better.
thoraxe
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1449 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-20 01:06:50
May 20 2008 01:06 GMT
#21
yay, first math problem in TL that I semi-understand.

I see how f(2) changed to a 1, but I can't finish the problem to get the final answer. Can someone finish it?
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randombum
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2378 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-20 01:10:57
May 20 2008 01:10 GMT
#22
On May 20 2008 10:06 thoraxe wrote:
yay, first math problem in TL that I semi-understand.

I see how f(2) changed to a 1, but I can't finish the problem to get the final answer. Can someone finish it?


You plug f(x) as what f(x) is defined as, then you - f(2) Which is one. So now you have

f(x)-1/(x-2)

Hope that makes sense.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 20 2008 01:15 GMT
#23
On May 20 2008 10:06 thoraxe wrote:
yay, first math problem in TL that I semi-understand.

I see how f(2) changed to a 1, but I can't finish the problem to get the final answer. Can someone finish it?

You gotta do the conjugate when you get:

(1 - sqrt. (x - 1)) / (x-2) sqrt. (x-1) * (1 + sqrt. (x - 1)) / (1 + sqrt. (x - 1)), you can solve from there, it's easy from that. It's messy though. I have a hard time visualizing it, I just write the numbers out on paper.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
May 20 2008 01:47 GMT
#24
Lol KH1031 I saw that a year or two ago; very cute. Raithed it seems like you are already aware but I strongly recommend (for anyone reading this) that whenever you are doing mathematics that you copy stuff from the computer screen to the paper and THEN try to understand/manipulate it. It makes more a difference than you'd realize.
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