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y is just f(x) for some restriction (i.e. remember how we said this line was to the left of x = -3, that is our restriction
Yes
So we can solve for y in the point-slope equation and say x < -3
Okay
Which point to you want to plug into the point-slope equation?
-6,1
CalculusDude
okay
How would you solve for y
Distribute
So $y - 1 = -\frac 2 3 x - 4$
CalculusDude
What's next so solve for y
-2/3x-3
The right hand side is $-\frac 2 3 x -4$, what can we do to both sides to isolate y
CalculusDude
We can add 1 to both sides (remember, we want a y on the left side, not a y -1)
Ohh okay
So our final result for the leftmost line is $y = - \frac 2 3 x - 3$
CalculusDude
For x < -3
Yes
That's the first part of your answer
We can do the same steps for the rightmost line
First, what value of x does our rightmost line start?
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I am struggling on getting a good concept of understanding how to sketch 3D functions. Ex: f(x,y) = x + 2y, z = y^3-1
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Best to start with one of the variables being set to zero. This allows you to draw something on the xy-, xz-, or yz-plane.
i did that but i only end up getting 2 lines
Is your example a constraint problem?
it was just asking to sketch the graph of f and f(x,y) = x + 2y
this is what the answer is but im having a hard time conceptualizing a process so i can solve any other ones
Shading helps.
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Hello I'm stuck on this geometric progression question and would like some pointers
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does that mean you figured it out yourself just now
yes :)
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set An = [0,1/n] show that the intersection of A1,A2,A3,A4...An is just the set contaning 0:
for all x (in (0, 1] here), there exists an n such that x is not in An
guys for this
i was thinking of esp-delta yesterday
I had come to the conclusion that 0 would be in all sets
but was going to prove that no other x would be in the intersection of all sets
ive never encountred eps-delta, this is just from the basis of what i learnt yesterdya
you want to prove that for every x > 0 there exists a natural n such that 1/n < x
you need some version of archimedes' principle
im writing it
... do not call me "bro" please.
oh sorry
edit that out, would you?
mb
so let $x > 0$ what i want to show is that there exists some $n$ such that $x \notin A_n$.
Deno
alr the rest idk how to do in latex
so
ik that as n tends to inf, 1/n tends to 0
wait nvm
idt my logic makes sense
yh ill wait til i read on epsdelta
😭
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is 50N a vertical force?
well
uhh
u kinda need a diagram
describing which line is the y-axis
that way, we can describe the notion of vertical more easily
but how do i find it from the boat picture
u have to make ur own axis
like this
i showed this to my physics friend and yea its vertical force
okay how did you distinguish that?
wait what did you show him?
This and the 50KiloNewton question
where did you get the question from?
i took a snip and shared it to my friend
oh ok
so its not horizontal
no
Hence this works
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for this i see that |(a-c) + (c-d) + (d-b)| can be replaced on the LHS
triangle inquality works
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but injust realised
i would have like 3 things in there
how do i implement |a-b| <= |a| + |b|
wait lemme think abt this
you'll want to use the triangle inequality twice
maybe can you write a-b in terms of the three terms in the RHS?
ah i see
alright
oh got it
ty guys
was complicating a triv q fr
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My teacher wants me to solve this diff eqn but with a real solution but idk how
I say idk how bc how do I get rid of the i? In class she did but she never explained why the i disappears and we are just left with sin(wt)
It pmo that she jumps a lot of steps because she assumes we all understand. She is a crappy teacher but nonetheless I'm here to try to understand
I solved the diff eqn by assuming y(t) = exp(kt) where k is some constant. This is the method she taught us

she wants us to have two C constants and no complex term but god knows how. Its easier to assume C1 - C2 = 0 and just have the cosine term. That is the only way possible for the complex term to get removed right?
unless of course C1 - C2 = 0 but then I am left with (C1 + C2)cos(wt)
maybe she made that mistake and made it C1cos(wt) + C2sin(wt) when it was supposed to be both cosines, C1cos(wt) + C2cos(wt)
Why not define $C_b$ as $i(C_1-C_2)$ instead of just $C_1-C_2$?
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gimme a sec
im not sure
she might of did that
idk, can you even do that and assume its still a real constant?-
the only way I could see doing that is if the value of (C1-C2) is complex, where multiplying it by i would give a real constant
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can someone explain to me how i would find the bounds of this double integral for 38
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i dont get what the question asked 😭
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what does it want for "left endpoint"? can you show the whole question?
oh i see, it wants the derivatives at the endpoints
wait does that mean , f'(4) = 3??
derivate of f(x) is just 3
does that mean
no, that's the average rate of change of the derivative
the question wants the instantaneous rate of change of the function itself
so that's f'(4) and f'(7)
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how did they get from step 7 to 8?
im stuck here (im trying to simplify step 7)
Is that the full picture?
yea that seemed weird
Probably just a typo
but im still confused on what to do
$$\int e^{ax} \cos bx \dd{x}=\frac{e^{ax} \sin bx}{a}-\frac{be^{ax} \cos bx}{a^2}-\int \frac{b^2}{a^2} \int e^{ax} \cos bx \dd{x}$$ We want to compute $\int e^{ax} \cos bx \dd{x}$, which we will call $I$. Then,
$$I=\frac{e^{ax} \sin bx}{a}-\frac{be^{ax} \cos bx}{a^2}-\frac{b^2}{a^2} I$$
and now this is a standard algebra exercise.
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wondering if -123(remainder) impact the question at all?
ofc
wait how
if you don't have r(x), then you don't have enough to uniquely determine d(x)
the answer didnt include -123
i get that but why didnt the answer not include the remainder?
the answer didnt need remainder
actually tbf you don't need the remainder [reinterpret d(x) and q(x) and vice versa]
so for these types of questions we dont need the remainder?
aka instead of the quotient being $5x^2-14x+42$ and the divisor being unknown, let the divisor be $5x^2-14x+42$ and the quotient be unknown
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and then it's just standard division
but knowing the remainder makes this A LOT easier
since you can say that $$d(x) q(x)=5x^3 +x^2+3+123$$
Civil Service Pigeon
aka $(5x^2-14x+42)d(x)=5x^3+x^2+126$
Civil Service Pigeon
you know that d(x) has to be linear
comparing the leading terms gives the coefficient of x is 1
comparing the constant terms gives the constant to be 126/42 = 3
hence x+3
so being given the remainder makes this a 15 second question
im just trying to understand what u saying rn 😭
wait i get this @mint crescent
Thanks bru
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Hello, how can i know for sure which way it will curve?
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if unsure, table if values will help
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Why isnt there an x-intercept at -1 ?
Wait im confused
I mean you can just put x=-1 into the equation and see it doesnt gives out 0
wait
so so im so confused 😭 so whenever its x² + 1 or whatever its like
no xintercepts
X^2+1
Put x =-1
(-1)^2+1=1+1=2≠0
You can try substituting numbers into the coordinate axes to understand.
yes
wait so y = 0?
Wait, your image shows only one point where y=0—when x=1, y=0.
if there is an x intercept at -1, then it intercepts the x axis at x = -1, any x intercept has y value 0
x^2 is never negative; add something positive and you get something positive, so why would there be an x-intercept?
Ohhh
This is a really good explanation
thank u
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How can I approach this problem? I already know how to solve for 0^p where p is prime
what's your approach for L = {0^p | p prime} and what's the verdict for that language?
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When I solved for 0^p I chose n to be the constant of the pumping lemma. I chose w = 0^n where n is prime, and |w| >= n and w belongs to L. Then I split w = xyz. By the 3 conditions of the pumping lemma, I got w = xy^kz = 0^(n+t(k-1)). Choose k = n+1, after replacing we get n(t+1) is a composite number
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I need help with this math problem, i'm second grade high school
Hi
hi bro
i cannot solve this question and im using app called photomath but i cant figure it out how he solves this
Do you now $\sqrt{x}=x^{\frac{1}{2}}$?
Richard Mullin
no
😭
rewrite the expression using this thing
???
Bro do you want me to write you like from this robot
???
or?
do you want this math problem to be written like you like this robot or can I use paper and pencil to write you this problems
i dont understand
i will start crying
Paper
.
wait
this is an example but use this
roots can be written like that
now try to simplify
(assuming you know exponents)
would you still be here if i need you?
yeah
yes
alr thanks alot bro
np
,rccw
ye
so do that multiplication first, then open the squareroot
alr wait
you got this
solve the inner stuff first, then go for the outer one
i got this
wait
i dont know this im getting bad grade again😭
tbh bro you're complicating it
i know
look
im complicating it my whole life
write this in the format i showed youi
then multiply it with x^5 using the exponents
and then once you get a single term in x, write it using the format once again
you got it?
nah dw alg
okay let me try it
look try something like this
(Sorry for my garbage handwriting, i wrote using my mouse)
,rccw
is this good?
wait let me see this you sent me
you are doing it correctly just check this once
I just saw what you wrote to me and I did the same as you
yeah you messed up the addition 😭
wait
5 + 1/3
this addition
redo it
lol dw it happens
now i look dumber than im really are
sorry
okay
waut
wait
let me write this for you
dwdw
you arent dumb
it happens to all of us sometimes
i got the root from x^13
and then i can transform it
and get
this
x^6 root of x
OMG I THINK IM RIGHT
,rccw
thanks
you cant write like this
they are completely different values
yeahhh i missed it
i think i need 3 hours for this one math problem and im second grade high school
once you get a hold of it, youll solve them real quick dw
bro im alot worried for me and my future for math but i need it alot
can i ask u something
use this exponents identity now
sure
how old are you
16
dang
but ig not sorry
but i can help you on the server
use this to get the answer on one side
im always here 
ahahah you are so good
np now solve it you're very close
the other side is very easy compared to this one
im not
bro how are you not im litteraly trash in math you are like professor to me
okay let me do it
wait
well we've done all this 2 - 3 yrs ago
thats why
in school
where are you from (if you can tell me)
india
BRO YOU ARE WAY AHEAD OF US
IM FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
THE FUCK
SORRY FOR WORDS
o
I wrote it again
I think i can solve it now
Do you want me to send you fully solved or?
And then you can see if i missed it
alr
wait
bro listen
i can put here on 16/3 rule n root of a= m*n root of a^m
idk how
alright
let me show you an example
alr
where do you think this comes from
can i write it like this
it came from x 3/2
this one is =x 3/2
i think because the 3 in front of an root is dividing this number so that one cannot be square of x
oh
this one can be
because every number has its own potency right?
so this one is right?
to get this furthur on
yep
what it has to do with rule n root of a= m*n root of a^m
its the same thing i showed 😭
aight
,rccw
whats this
which one
let me check
why did you square it
It's correct, at least by eyeballing it
where did i square it
Wait, which is the original question?
I have a root from an expression that is already squared
,w simplify x^(8/3) / x^(3/8)
because 16/3 multiplied with 2
i have 2 questions
- why is it squared
- where did the 4th root come from
where?
Yeah, you did it correctly 👍
?
(even though quite messy, honestly speaking)
yea then im tweaking probs
I have a rule which is a on m multiplied is eqaul to a on m*n and here i have (x on 16/3) on square
can you like explain this part then
fucc it doesnt use my formulas
That had to be made aside, not as part of the equality chain
That's one of the messy (and wrong) things I was referring to
4 on root of an 16/3
nope i still think he has 100% blundered
what the hell this word does
Only that blue marked thing, the rest is completely fine (even though really badly written, not the handwriting but for the notation)
It is squared because the expression
𝑥 16/3 was raised to the power of 2, so
(x on 16/3) ^2 is aqual to x on 32/3
how did it go from squareroot to 4th root
ive never heard of such identity
Im writting it baddly
this is the original q
sorry about that guys
yes
exactly my point
thats not how it works
He has used this identity @tacit crow
Yes, it is...
Yeah and that's what he has solved as well
and this is how its used
The fourth root appeared because the square root of the square root gives the fourth root
This is not the only existing identity!
Yeah but I don't understand your point at all
squareroot cant be changed into 4th root
thats completely incorrect
how
theres no such identity to change like that either
@tacit crow
i just used the rule here in my math problem
then i had the square
which have me 4
i think im getting better
idk such identtity
$$\sqrt[n]{a^k} = \sqrt[n{\color{red}{m}}]{a^{{\color{red}{m}}k}}$$
Alberto Z.
It's just an application of the invariantive property of fractions
is this final ans or its in a ratio
in my exercise book yes
This is completely acceptable
i can ask my professor to send you completed math problem
i was
doing this math problem
since 3 hours
does the question force you to write the answer out in this clean form?
no clue
or can you simplify it
nah bro i messed up hard
my previous question was directed at you actually, do you have to write the answer out exactly like that?
yes
Because you can do this in around 4-5 equal signs- nvm
ok that makes it a lot harder
good job on solving it!
tbh i messed up cuz i had no idea such identity exists 😭
8 pages of my book
bro
wasted? learning math is about the struggle you know
i mean
its about the quality and efficiency not the time/amount of paper taken
I could have used less notebooks
yeah bro i know but it makes me so much frustrating not knowing or not able to do math
im doing this with my bro @tacit crow since 3 hours
1 math problem lol
you're doing it pretty well! just keep practising.
you did it pretty well
dw
i mean- it is very complicated to get into that specific form
to be honest
like i would take hours to put it like that too.
I don't practice math as much as I should
thats why im bad
sometimes i calculate 6*4 on fingers
can you image
nah, use your calculator
imagine*
im trying not to use it
last time i didnt use my calculator I evalauted 2-4 as 6
YEAH AS 6
i think you should remember the tables
you are 100% right
you can blame me guys and i know that
I'm a few months away from collage and i only know the 2x and 3x tables.
actually idk half of the 3x
you're in collage?
no
oh
I really like and I know alot about computers but math wasnt my subject
no... algebric manipulation in "advanced" math doesnt require the tables. just calculators
here in bosnia college starts when you finish 4 years of high scchool
school
im now second grade i have 2 more years for college
good luck.
thank you guys so much
I literally did nothing. I had no idea the sqrt(sqrt(x)) identity existed
but ig so,
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alright
just one more message
thank you guys alot again, especially my brother @tacit crow
i love you guys
❤️
nah i messed up 😭
- you solved it
soo
yea
No bro
gl on your exam btw
you litteraly
helped me solve like
60% of problem
thanks
im closing it
goodbye thank you so much so much!
aight
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thanks
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I need help with this... How can I prove that f(x) = 3x/2
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Yooo
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Nvm i figured it out lmao
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think about what sign each factor must have
Well x = -2, 1/3, -1
But
The issue is that
How is the inequality supposed to be written
and also
We know it's -x^3
1/3?
mb what question u on specifically
no x = 1/3
4a
wait i thought this quesiton said solve using integrals and i got scared
The issue isn't drawing out, rather how to state inequalities
Lemme draw it out though just to show my understandingh
like how to state the intervals using inequalities?
Yes
oh ok. u know how to state it out without inequalities and just parenthesis right?
I mean ik that
above zero: -2 < x < -1, x > 3
That's all ik
or
(-2, -1)
Like as an example
ye that's right
let me try translating it maybe it will help
u don't get it on the line?
here brother
state me all the questions u got in ur mind
i'll try to answer them
oooh or and and?
Cause I"m afraid I don't understadn it as well bro
Yessir
Like why does it say or x > 3
In the answer
Isn't it both?
It has to be both bro
it has to be "and" no? Not "or"
yeah or includes both
think about it like this
Just to see if I get it?
a single number x cannot satisfy both the intervals you just gave me
so it can be in -2 < x < -1 OR x > 3 to satisfy being less than 0
so i guess or is more like at least one of these is true
whereas and is they must happen at the same time
does that even make sense?
lmk if u want me to rephrase it
Thank you
Sorry french 😭
So I guess
the way it works is that
It cannot be both x > 3 or -2 <x < -1
So thus it's or
wait are u including infinity with that closed dot? (btw that's + infinity right?)
you can't inculde infinity tho
infinity is not a real number so u can't include it
So until where does the number line have to be
Or do I just draw an arrow
Ohhh wait
So I just draw an arrow instead?
On the inifinity symbol?
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Based on this question (#help-31 message) I tried creating some set $\mathbb{R}^{-1}$. I defined it as such:
$\mathbb{R}^{-1} = {x | \forall y \in \mathbb{R}^*, x\times y = 1_{\mathbb{R}} }$.
I managed to prove by contradiction that the distributivity law didn't apply for $\mathbb{R}^{-1}$, but what about commutativity and associativity ?
Médicis
@grand solar @prisma cairn @rancid jasper
it's fine
im a beginner so I wont be of much help 😭
commutativity of which operation?
I'm assuming usual addition?
huh why should it hold for all y?
the problem I feel is that x + y needn't even live in R^-1 
and this too
u wont have any element in ur set
idk what * is defined as though
I know what commutativity means
but yes, your set is empty, isn't it?
because $\mathbb{R}^{-1}$ is the inverse of the entire set $\mathbb{R}$
Médicis
can u give me an example for the existence of such an x
there are no real numbers that are an additive inverse to every real number though
you can't find a single element of the set
there wouldn't exist one in |R no
if your elements aren't real numbers, then what are they? 
sorry then, I had multiplication in mind
you could name them anti-numbers ?
how is multiplication defined for these numbers?
idk

I supposed they worked like between real numbers, but distributivity doesn't hold so...
then how are we going to determine if multiplication is commutative if we don't know how it's defined? 
mhm
usually the onus is on the author to define their set and operations 
responsibility
oh thanks
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Hi is there someone here who is decent at college algebra?
a couple at least
Like topology and real analysis?
whats the question?
I have a test tomorrow but I was sick most this week
I guess how do I graph this correctly?
whats your understanding of what |f(x)| means
The absolute value
which does what
Which eh- shows the real value of a number and never can make something negative as a result?...
|f(x)| means that the output of the function will always be positive therefore the only viable options are where the y values are positive, which do you think is best?
technically it is the distance of that number from 0 on the number line
So perhaps... D is the correct answer?...
if x>=0 then |x|=x if x<0 |x|=-x
I hope I'm not overthinking this
nope, thats moved up
a little
it has to be a function that preserves the position of the function but forces the output to be positive
wherever f is negative
it will have been 'reflected' in the x axis essentially
since it is moved it is not the same function
you see how the minimum of the original function is -2
for |f(x)| it would be 2
what option shows that?
So it would be C?
yes
yeah lol
makes derivatives quite unhappy
I haven't touched math in 4 years I genuinely wonder if I am cut out for going for a biology degree
your good man, just keep practicing
Thanks am I allowed to ask multiple questions? Or is it preferably one simple question?
go ahead
first what type of function is it?
I want to say... maybe (-&,&)?
whats &?
i think it is infinity
Pretend those are infinity signs
in that case, si
Ah
those arrows on the line means it just goes on, so theres no bounds on the input
and theres no undefined points on the visible region, so its just R
that's why i asked what function it was so that you could try and base a answer off of that because usually cubic function dont have undefined points
Because the absolute value?
Maybe I should go with all real numbers- the points are there to throw me off
yes
Uh... well give me a minute my keyboard is not working for the second time today