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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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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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I don't understand the question....do you not understand how to get from the second to the third line?
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Canada7170 Posts
sub 2 as x. f(2) is 1/sqrt(2-1) 1/1 1
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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.
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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.
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So then did you figure it out? lol
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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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what?
you plug in 2 for x into the f(x) equation
and the answer is 1
am i missing something here
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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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uhh yeah that's pretty sad dude unless you're in like 7th grade or something
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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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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?
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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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Canada7170 Posts
lol I see what fanatacist is talking about now... you said you were in EE?
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so are you really in 7th grade?
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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.
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On May 20 2008 09:40 KH1031 wrote: LOOOL
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On May 20 2008 09:40 KH1031 wrote: haha, that just made my day so much better.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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