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Kinda confused what R^{nxn} is here, is it the set of real-valued matrices? Then how does it take two vectors from R^n as input?
yeah this feels like it should be R^n x R^n
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Yeah pretty sure it should be 2n. After all, for n=1 we have R^2, not R
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I'm not sure how to do the rest.
Can you calculate $\arcsin{\sqrt{2}}$?
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in a right triangle, the long side is three times the length of the shorter short side. Find the length of all three sides when the area is 24.0 cm2 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1172135383753039922/1172135545892245524/IMG_0284.jpeg?ex=655f374b&is=654cc24b&hm=80dbc62cca58e6633f0f182ba81686e060aae5661dcca19609b0e0199121e3f6&=&width=1366&height=1024
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I would start this by drawing a right triangle and setting the short side equal to x. The other side is three times as long, so it'll be 3x. Try plugging into the formula for area from there
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Hello Everyone
This question makes no sense
so when you take a of n aka a(n) it is 3/1 right?
if you plug anything into that it will always stay 3 which will never be zero
so how does it converge?
the website says it converges
i selected diverges but it was wrong
im not sure what you mean it will always stay three
you know you can just pull the 3 out of the sum, right
so $3 \sum_{k=0}^\infty (-0.8)^k$
jan Niku
so its really just a question of whether that sum converges, the 3 doesnt play a role in this
either the infinite sum is finite, and the answer is 3 times something finite
or its infinite and 3 doesnt change it to finite
does a(n) have a role to play at all?
because I watched a video and they said take a(n) where you include everything besides the alternating part
this question is very different
so the geometric sum as i know is like
$\frac{1}{1-x} = \sum _{k=0}^\infty x^k$ given $|x| < 1$
jan Niku
im not sure what you mean a(n)
can you explain what a(n) is?
a(n) is like everything besides the part that makes it alternative
like lets say there is something like ((-1)^n)*3
we remove the -1^n
because it isn't part of a(n) because it makes it alternate
i dont think you should remove it
unless you are looking at the alternating series test?
but theres no real reason to use that here
what i mean is, its a geometric series, you should recognize it because you dont need any crazy tests
the condition for a geometric series converging is straightforward
everything raised to the k has to have magnitude less than 1
if it does, it converges, and you can write down the total
Result:
0.55555555555556
5/9
and since its less than one it converges
dont forget the 3
theres still a 3 floating around
so * 3
now its bigger than 1
the total is bigger than 1, thats fine
the important part is that the thing thats being raised to the k has magnitude under 1
sometimes this is written like
$\frac{a}{1-r} = \sum_{k=0}^\infty a r^k$
jan Niku
r for ratio
only r matters for convergence
given a is just some number obviously
a is not raised to the k
here
start here
multiply each side of = by a
you get the same result
swap x for r
okay so the thing getting raised by k should have the magnitude less than one and that makes it converges
yes
and to find what it converges too
you use this
yup
you will learn to love these once you recognize them
they are the easiest series of all
and you can get an answer 
I hope I will love them I was having a hard week with physics and neglected my calc 2
so today
i went from studying sequences
all the way to root/ratio test
in one day lol
i have test on monday
it lowkey doesn't feel bad though
you can definitely pick up which test to use pretty quickly
if you see a lot of examples
geometric series is a special case and its like a gift
telescoping too right?
geometric is nice cuz u can just do it right away
i mean
obviously
this also gives you the series for log(1-x)
if you integrate naively
so its a good one to know
you can sub x -> -x to get the one for log(1+x)
its just nice 
anyways good luck on your exam
thanks I appreciate the help and clarification its rare someone can explain to me via text whats happening
have a good one 😁 
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hello
I need help understanding how to get the angle when converting to polar form
I understand how to get the cos and sin angles but how do we arrive at the conclusion that the angle is 2pi/3
oh lol
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how do u do this question?
if T is left handed then det A_T < 0. and if det A_T < 0 then isnt det A_T^(k) < 0 for all k in Z aswell?
@whole coral what did I do wrong
i dont get it
Think about the matrix of A_T^k in terms of the matrix of A_T
i dont get it
so we know that if T is left handed so is T^-1 which means A_T^-1 < 0
so is A_T^k = A_(T^-1)^(-k)
Well there's at least one trivial counterexample for this one here: think about k=0
That is true, but say you have $T$ as it is, you can represent that by the matrix $A_T$. How would you represent $T^2$, using only that $A_T$?
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A_T^2
As in $A_{T^2}$, or $(A_{T})^2$?
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A_(T^2)
Well... that is technically true, but the answer I was looking for was the latter one 
wait what
Applying T twice is equivalent to multiplying by A_T twice, no?
Yep yep 
so if T is left handed then det(A_T) < 0. and to find a value k s.t det(A_T) > 0. we gotta make the power an even number
so k has to be an even number
That works nicely 
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Call a positive integer $N$ a 7-10 double if the digits of the base-$7$ representation of $N$ form a base-$10$ number that is twice $N$. For example, $51$ is a 7-10 double because its base-$7$ representation is $102$. What is the largest 7-10 double, given that it is 3 digits?
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can someone explain the last paragraph of this solution
source: 2001 AIME I p8
cant wrap my head around this sol for some reason
Do you get why they picked a=6
if a was more than 6, it would go into the next digit i think?
Exactlt
yeah
Its like picking a 9 base ten
So then you have an equation 12=4b+c and you want your b to be as big as possible
like if i pick 815 base 10 it could be = 1630 b7 obv this isnt true but like what if?
Its like asking to pick 2 digis so that 9\ _\ _ is largest
Thats a 10-7 double
Not a 7-10
No wait
ohh true
Lol
not too bad of an aime problem
how do you know it's not >315?
I remember doing AIME in hs
I got like an 7 or 8 I forgot
but it was def harder than this
Thats the only reason why anything above a 600 base 7 doesnt work
yeah but it could be like 80-->160
160 is base 7
Yeah but thats not the largest one
My only guess looking at the solution is that they assume its a 3 digit number in both base
^^^
in my 800-->1600 example, the answer is 800
800 in b10
the answer is in b10
to 1600 in b7
so the answer would be 800
oh wait
i see i was doing the prob a diff way
but for the first line right "let the number be in base 7"
i let the # be in base 10
and still got 100a+10b+c=98a+14b+2c
what went wrong here
the number is let to be in b7
Its the same thing lol
so let’s say the digits of our number is a b and c
ik, i rewrote it the same way but in base 10
so why can't a b or c be 9 then
9 doesn’t exist in base 7?
Its still 2* the base 7 representation no matter if you first defined abc as a base 7 or base 10 representation
hm
If you did it your way, then you would halve the abc base 10 so you'd get 50a+5b+½c = 49a + 7b + c aka a = 2b + ½c
im thinking
ok
pretty interesting problem tbh
im just too stupid for aime lmao
better then a bunch of the amc10 probs
what’s was ur amc score?
so you’ll get in
ty im still thinking lol
prolly wont make jmo this yr but hopefully next yr
i feel like i kinda understand but 50% dont
ohhhhh
i get it now
the equation only cares for 3 digits
even if it was base 10
yep
once i get to 4 digits the equation breaks
yep
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what
?
$\int _{x^5}^{x^7}\left(2t-1\right)^3dx=\int _{x^5}^0\left(2t-1\right)^3dx+:\int _0^{x^7}\left(2t-1\right)^3dx$
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yes?
$= -\int _0^{x^5}:\left(2t-1\right)^3dx+:\int _0^{x^7}\left(2t-1\right)^3dx$
yes?
nosqldb
then just use fundamental thm with some chain rule
and a lil common sense
and ur chilling
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is this formula wrong tho?
it isn't
it's not incorrect
but I would prefer you expand it out
and use the actual FTC
that way you won't make a mistake in the application of the formula
wrong
pls use the method I gave you
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I understand but im trying to see why what I did is wrong
let g(x) = x^5
you will understand with my method
f(x) = $\int _0^x:\left(2t-1\right)^3dx$
nosqldb
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b(x) isn't (2x⁷ - 1). it's x⁷
$f'(g(x)) * g'(x) = (2x^7 - 1)^3 * (7x^6)$
nosqldb
@placid valve you should see ur mistake now
do you not have to use the chain rule?
you are incorrectly using chain rule
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$u=\frac{x^2}{y}, v=\frac{y^2}{x}$
george clooney real account
how can I find $\frac{\partial x}{\partial u},\frac{\partial x}{\partial v},\frac{\partial y}{\partial u},\frac{\partial y}{\partial v}$?
sorry i mean dx/du
oops lemme rewrite
george clooney real account
^^^
holy shit
u can write x as a function of u and then do partial differentiation
Find partial u partial x and then flip it lol
^^
but i can't really find x as a fdunction of u
why not
good work clooney
like how do i know if to take positive or negative branch yk?
i can try take reciprocal i guess
but is that generally true?
ok i googled it
it is
nvm
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I received a list of math exercises, I managed to do them, except for this one where I can't modify the equation, to that it looks like something solvable by ordinary equations
Take y=vx
oh
thanks guyss
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Here I am again, with the same question... I have to put the answer in y(x) but i cant pass that part
Can’t read this
Can you post original question
its here
i got arcsin(y/x) = ln|x| + C
and i know the answer is
but i dont know how to get to that
the answer on the list is that
One sec I’ll solve it
It should be arcsin(y/2x)
oh
Looks like you got the right thing into doing the integral
now it makes sense
ty
Np
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Which one?
Part a?
Okay what did you get for the inverse of a
Okay so isn’t it just the case of plugging that back into f
What are you stuck with exactly
So we’re looking at $$\log_2 {\left( \frac{\frac{100}{1+2^{-x}}{100 - \frac{100}{1+2^{-x}} \right)}$$
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[\log_2 \left( \frac{\frac{100}{1+2^{-x}}}{100 - \frac{100}{1+2^{-x}}} \right)]
From here can you simplify the denominator
No just make a common denominator
And add fractions
Snopes
No how did you get this
Do this first and see
Well first of all, it’s 1+2^-x
And $2^{-x} \cdot 100 \neq -200^{-x}$
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?
100 - 100/(1+2^(-x))
= 100 - (2^x • 100)/(2^x +1)
= [2^x • 100 +100 - 2^x • 100]/(1+2^x)
=100/(1+2^x)
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While doing partial fraction decomp would the s not disaphere from e^s? Im really struggling with understanding why it is sitll there
@zinc ginkgo The channel timed out, but why would the s stay? I understand that it would equal the top but how would it work mathamatically?
Wdym why the s stay
so if u do the partial fraction decomd
decomp
one sec writing it out to send
why would the s stay in the answer as when you do the math it gets a seperate value
unless im missing something in my decomp
your starting equation is wrong
You have to factor it out and do partial fraction separately
oh.... thats interesting
so I take out the e^(-2s-2) and then multiply it through my partial fraction decomp?
Here’s how I’d do it. $$ e^{-2s-2} \cdot \frac{1}{s^2 + 5s +6} + \frac{2s+5}{s^2+5s+6}$$
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Then partial fraction decomp the 1/… and (2s+5)/…
hmm ok I see how that would work
any reason that we cannot use e inside the partial fraction tho
like mathamatically?
polynomials don't multiply to exponential functions
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hi guys
denominator of a(n+1) is 4^{3n+5} not 3n+3
3(n+1)+2=3n+5
then when you cancel, you get 4^3
nw
how odd
bruh waht
lol dw about it
well ig its gonna stay mine than
ill jsut chat if i have more questions here lol
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python related problem
what's the problem?
my formatting is off
look at my actual output
compared to expected
not including commas too
not sure how to approach this
ah ok
well for the commas there's a few ways
what version of python are you running
no you can just do f'{value:_}' and do a format string
huh
cool right?
thats sick
give me a second to think about that
I'm not sure off of the top of my head
Oh wait!
actually
hmm
actually i guess i dont need to format it to have the same spacing
hold on
I googled it. I just googled "python commas numbers format"
and found either a SO forum or an article, I can't remember
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somebody please help me solve for julia🔥🔥
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well you know that total salary of ur julia is her base salaray + 15 percent of her sales
first question says that her total sales is x
it what should the equation be
according
to yo
how do i state domain and range for this
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hmm
I wonder if austin can give me some guidance to this problem
you CANNOT tell me the solution
"An 8-by-8 “lattice” is represented above. A knight arrives at a1 at time T=0, and wishes to travel to the upper-right corner (h8). This lattice respresents a 3-dimensional landscape; the numbers at each “point” represent their altitudes.
But there’s a big problem here, which is that this grid was built on a swamp, and the lattice points are prone to sinking. Whenever the knight arrives on a lattice point of altitude A, that point and all others with the same altitude start sinking at the rate of 1 unit per n minutes, where n is the number of lattice points of altitude A. Furthermore, the lattice point diametrically opposite the one the knight is on rises at the rate of 1 unit per n minutes. This sinking (and rising) continues only while the knight remains stationary, which may be for as much or as little time as the knight chooses. No other points move or begin to move during this time. (Altitudes can become negative. In the event that the “opposite” point is at the same initial altitude, it neither rises nor sinks, and is ignored for the purpose of calculating n.)
The knight is only allowed to make 3-dimensional jumps that are permutations of (0,±1,±2). Jumps take 0 time to complete. In the spirit of a knight’s “tour”, your goal is to find the path to the upper-right corner that takes as much time as possible. "
I just want guidance
preferably from @knotty locust
Hmm I'm not sure how to do this without thinking about it quite a bit which I don't exactly have time for right now, sorry
good luck though
ty Austin
@stoic iron I'm sorry to ping, but would you be able to provide some guidance
no thanks, and please don't ping me
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Physics just need help on 4 and 5. Please help fix mistakes.
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||x−x′|−|y−y′|| ≤|x−y|+|x′−y′| does anyone know how to proof this
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Hello
I have come back with a stronger (but I asume tougher version) of the problem I posted yesterday
Find $f(x)$ such that $f(x) = \frac{x}{2}$ if $x$ is even, and $f(x) = 2x$ if $x$ is odd
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so far, no attempts, no ideas. Looking for a few hints and some guidance on how to start
only needs to be defined on the integers?
no counting numbers
i.e. 1 to infinity
you want to adjust the coefficient based on the parity, so find the midpoint of 1/2 and 2 and note that a(-1)^n equals a for even n and -a for odd n
Hmm 
then choose a to be the distance from the midpoint
so...$\frac{3}{4} \cdot (-1)^x = f(x)$?
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yes, this is N to N
huh? x=1 doesnt give N, it gives R
because that’s not the function
you want to add what you have to the midpoint of 1/2 and 2 and then multiply by x
1 sec
f(x) = (coeff dependent on x) * x
midpoint of 1/2 and 2 is 5/4 right?
yes
you have 5] instead of 5}
oh 🤦♂️ thanks I couldnt spot it
$\left(\frac{3}{4} \cdot (-1)^x + \frac{5}{4}\right) \cdot x = f(x)$
almost correct but just check what happens for even/odd x
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lemme see
so f(1) should be 2, f(2) should be 1, f(3) should be 6..nope not the case
f(1) = 1/2
the coefficient in particular
the coefficient is 1/2 for odd x and 2 for even x, which is the opposite of what you want
so I multiply 5/4 with (-1)^x? instead of 3/4?
so change when 3/4 gets subtracted/added
nope
change how
...Do I change x to x+1?
this will give you values other than 1/2 or 2
exactly
let me see
or equivalently add a - in front of the 3/4
ItzKraken
yeah same thing
nice
the next one is even more trivial
ItzKraken
this might be some trig thing
I was looking for something like the above instead of a piecewise function
(-1)^n?
hmm let me think
so I need a function
that takes (-1)^n
and gives 180 for even n and 90 for odd n
right?
well it feels simpler imo
okay sure
what other ideas do you have in mind..?
let me think about a trig solution for a second
okay
yes okay, it might be simpler with trig
sin(n*pi/2) is 0 for even n and plus or minus 1 for odd n
so you can square this to get exactly what you want
a is the input to our function right?
yep, I’m using n sorry
No
1 minute
oh right
ItzKraken
you could’ve also used (1-(-1)^n) / 2 instead of the sine
that was my original idea
oh rightttt
dayum that goes better with the first function we found
Well tyvm!
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How to find largest x-digit multiple of a number y, without rigorous multiplication and trial and error ?
So let's take a number 120. How do we find the largest 3 digit multiple of it without checking it with each number until we reach a 4 digit number.
trial and error
120 is fairly easy, because 1200 is a multiple, and it's close to 3 digit
it would be harder with like 249
still easy, like 390 maybe
oh, 88
no that's still one step fom 880 to 968
it has to be like, largest 4-digit
oh
you just divide it lol
largest 4 digit is 120×floor(9999 / 120)
is dividing rigorous multiplication?@frail owl
i assume no
Is trail and error the only solution ?
no, long division
Can you tell me how did you came up with this equation ?
My mathematics is pretty weak.
no
you divide the largest number it could be, so 999 in this case
subtract the remainder from 999
Understood.
but that just uses trial and error anyway
No it isn't trial and error exactly tbh.
because long division does
It's better.
That is so amazing.
I really wonder how you came up with that equation @shrewd ridge
n * (pow(10,n)-1 // n)
this problem is division
it's not coming up, it's recognizing that division is this problem
It's floor division. What's the problem ?
B//A means "find the largest multiple of A under B, but instead of the multiple itself give me n that i can multiply by A to get the multiple"
That clarifies everything.
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given pyramid ABCD and a sphere inscribed inside ABCD, with centre I, what can we say about its relation to the triangles ABC,BCD, ACD, ABD
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Can someone please explain why x-h is right?
wdym "x-h"
(x-h)^2 or (x-h)^3
give more context
Ok. So let's say I want to graph (x+2)^2, why does it shift to the left?
Because the general form is (x - h)^2 and so (x + 2)^2 = (x - (-2))^2 hence the shift left
Oh, so if it were positive, it would (x-2) since there isn't two negatives to cancel?
Yes
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I feel like they probably are related if they have the same name
I’m not sure exactly how tho but it’s a good question
Yea I don’t really see the relation either but it might be like a geometric interpretation of 1/cos(x) visually looks similar to a secant line
That’s just a guess tho idk but I agree that it seems weird for it be a coincidence
Yea I searching it up and don’t see anything abt it so maybe it is a coincidence but it is very strange
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Are you learning calc?
The local max and min is between the point in between where the slope is 0 at it's highest and lowest respectively
In the desmos one?
ya
Yes that is a local max
there is one more
Yup
so ur saying theres 2 min
Yup
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how do u do this?
,rotate
expand and simplify the left
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Is this correct i also need help on #4?
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Hey guys, I need help with this integral. Thanks!
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try partial fracture decomposition, on the Integral
sry, partial fraction expansion, or just partial fraction
but you could have also started different, by substitution with u = ln(x) , or u = x^2. Both work when done properly
hope that helped
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How would i do b and c?
I tried setting the total force to 0
There are 4 forces
The boom gravitation force, the rod gravitational force, the tension and the pivot force
And then i try finding the pivot force but its wrong
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How can I write this series so that it contains z^k instead of (i + z)^k ?
well you can multiply it out with the binomial theorem and then rearrange a bit. but it will probably look like shit
what do you want to achieve?
i also thought about the binomial theorem, but I was hoping there would be something less ugly...
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i'm not sure how to use REF/RREF to get scalars with this question
it says You can use this row reduction tool to help with the calculations. but I'm not following.. anybody know?
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If you call the scalars a,b,c,d the equation at the bottom is a linear system of 4 equations
I hope by now you know how to convert a linear system into a matrix in order to row reduce
So do I convert this 4x4 matrix into a 4x5 augmented matrix?
and try to solve for 0 on the fifth column?
and I cannot use 0 for scalars
w + x -2y + z = 0 3w + 2z = 0 -2w -3y -z = 0 -w -3x + 3y + 2z = 0
The point is if the scalars all being 0 is the ONLY solution, then the vectors are independent
and the vectors are linearly independent
so i should do that? 0,0,0,0 is the final answer?
Solve the system
which method would you recommend for checking linear independence?
To determine if the only solutions is the scalars being all zero
The exact same method
If you get non zero solutions they are dependent
but based on this, i already know the vectors are independent. .. so the only solution for scalars has to be 0?
How do you already know?
i used a calculator to check lol
The calculator will determine whether the set of given vectors is linearly dependent or not, with steps shown.
Well you shouldn't really have done that
Can someone help me with this task pls:
Determine all integers n for which real numbers x,y exist in such a way that the following equations are satisfied:
x+y=n
x³+y³=n²
Yeah you kind of missed the whole point of the question by plugging it into a calc
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I am studying old work for my AP calc test and I am looking at the awnser to this question to try and work backwards. We are using the derivitives of trig functions to solve these questions and I understand the section of the question highlighted in green (cscx -> -cscxcotx) but do not understand how the yellow one on the left turned into the yellow one on the right.
cotangent is cos/sin
also
the csc*1 part is not yellow's part
its greens part of the product rule
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Can someone please tell me if I rewrote this formula correctly?
So that it would become this?
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i feel like i get everything
until the part there took ln
why take ln instead of log
it confuse me


