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Senior Member
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Jun 6, 2007, 03:28 PM
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Algebraic nightmare
Hi guys!
Right, I've got this maths question, and it's the first time in ages I've been honestly stumped as to where to even start! It's like this;
x(squared) − x = 0
now I know that to get rid of the x squared I need to square root it, and thus both sides... but is that where I start?
Cheers everyone!
J
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BossMan
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Jun 6, 2007, 03:31 PM
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is what you mean.
rather than rooting this is a quadratic so solve in the form
so we're looking at ab = -1
but that isn't going to work, bugger.
Monkey boy or Galactus or Alpha will be along in a bit
Ps try the [ MATH ] tag to get it to display properly with = x^2
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Ultra Member
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Jun 6, 2007, 04:33 PM
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Just lookng at this we can see the answer is 0 or 1.
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Senior Member
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Jun 7, 2007, 12:06 PM
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sorry, I still don't understand!
I can see that
is the same as
and that 0 and 1 are the only possible answers, but is that right, and is that a good enough explanation?
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Full Member
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Jun 7, 2007, 12:16 PM
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you factor it out x2-1=0 to x(x-1)=0
and if you're trying to find the roots, then the roots are x=0 and x=1
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Senior Member
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Jun 7, 2007, 12:24 PM
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Lol, sorry, I'm being thick here, how do you get from;
to though, what do you mean factor it?
sorry again!
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Full Member
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Jun 7, 2007, 12:42 PM
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I'm not sure how to explain it, but if you distributed x(x-1) you'd get x2-x because x*x=x2 and x*-1=-x, does that help?
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New Member
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Jun 8, 2007, 06:20 PM
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You can use the quadratic formula, too.
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New Member
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Aug 15, 2007, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by iAMfromHuntersBar
Hi guys!
Right, I've got this maths question, and it's the first time in ages I've been honestly stumped as to where to even start! it's like this;
x(squared) − x = 0
now I know that to get rid of the x squared I need to square root it, and thus both sides ... but is that where I start?
Cheers everyone!
J
Dear member this is a basic query of algebra.x^2-x=0 can be solved by taking x common.Hence x(x-1)=0 or x-1 and x=1
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Uber Member
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:13 AM
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I can't believe I missed this when it came about. Hope it's not too late hunter. You just factor by x.
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Senior Member
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:20 AM
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It's too late for the paper I was submitting... but I'd still like to understand it better, which I don't! Lol!
But it's far too early and I haven't had nearly enough coffee to think about anything, let alone algebra! Ha ha!
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Uber Member
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:21 AM
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therefore:
Does that make sense?
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Senior Member
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:32 AM
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I think so, because you have removed the "divided by x" on one side you therefore multiply the right-hand side by x?
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Uber Member
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Aug 16, 2007, 12:33 AM
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Yes, I was just trying to demonstrate that the two are equal.
Does the initial division make sense to you?
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