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Re: Immediate Help!!!!!!!!!11

bubblesss said:
please can sum1 solve my confusion by solving this?

the distance of a point from the line x = -3 is two fifths of its distance from the line y= -1. find the locus of the line. please show appropriate working. thanks.
is it meant to be y=-3??
 

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Let the P(x,y)
sqrt[ (x+3)² + (y-y)² ] = 2/5[ (x-x)² + (y+1)² ]
(x+3)² = 4/25(y+1)²

25(x+3)² = 4(y+1)²
25x² + 150x + 225 = 4y² + 8y + 4

25x² + 150x + 225 - 4y² - 8y - 4 = 0 is your locus.
 

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Re: Immediate Help!!!!!!!!!11

Let the P(x,y)
sqrt[ (x+3)² + (y-y)² ] = 2/5[ (x-x)² + (y+1)² ]
(x+3)² = 4/25(y+1)²

25(x+3)² = 4(y+1)²
25x² + 150x + 225 = 4y² + 8y + 4

25x² + 150x + 225 - 4y² - 8y - 4 = 0 is your locus.
 

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Re: Immediate Help!!!!!!!!!11

tommykins said:
Let the P(x,y)
sqrt[ (x+3)² + (y-y)² ] = 2/5[ (x-x)² + (y+1)² ]
(x+3)² = 4/25(y+1)²

25(x+3)² = 4(y+1)²
25x² + 150x + 225 = 4y² + 8y + 4

25x² + 150x + 225 - 4y² - 8y - 4 = 0 is your locus.
y r u squaring it? the answer is in x and y terms.
 

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bubblesss said:
y r u squaring it? the answer is in x and y terms.
To get rid of the sqrt.

The answer is the same anyhow.
 
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Re: Immediate Help!!!!!!!!!11

use the perpendicular distance formula

|x+3| = 2/5|y+1|
5x+15 =2y+2 and 5x+15=-2y-2
5x-2y+13=0 and 5x+2y+17=0

and i guess you'd have to exclude the point (-3,-1)
 
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tacogym27101990 said:
use the perpendicular distance formula

|x+3| = 2/5|y+1|
5x+15 =2y+2 and 5x+15=-2y-2
5x-2y+13=0 and 5x+2y+17=0

and i guess you'd have to exclude the point (-3,-1)

omg please teach me how to do it ur way???????? and also when to square the locus and when to not?
 

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omg i have my examz tomoro some one please tell me when u do PA^2 =PB^2 and when u dont???????//
 

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bubblesss said:
omg i have my examz tomoro some one please tell me when u do PA^2 =PB^2 and when u dont???????//
My answer and his answer is exactly the same.

You're better off grabbing some sleep, no point studying and then not having energy to do the exam properly
 

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My answer and his answer is exactly the same.

You're better off grabbing some sleep, no point studying and then not having energy to do the exam properly
how r the two answers the same?
 

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bubblesss said:
how r the two answers the same?
I graphed it. They're the same.
 

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q2

2^10 = 1024 = approximately 10^3

2^1000 = (2^10)^100 = approximately (10^3)^100 = about 300 digits

Since 2^10 = 1024, the 24 that was taken off in the bold part needs to be multiplied by 100 also, adding 2 more numbers on then end.

300 + 2 = 302
 

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Re: ASAP help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

-tal- said:
q2

2^10 = 1024 = approximately 10^3

2^1000 = (2^10)^100 = approximately (10^3)^100 = about 300 digits

Since 2^10 = 1024, the 24 that was taken off in the bold part needs to be multiplied by 100 also, adding 2 more numbers on then end.

300 + 2 = 302
Your working out is not very logical. You don't just multiply it by 100.
 

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tommykins said:
P (x,y)
x - y = 0

a = 1
b = -1
c =0

So we have D = |(ax + by + c)/sqrt(a²+b²)|

sqrt2 = |x - y/sqrt(1²+[-1]²)| = |x-y/sqrt2|

Square both sides to get rid of the abosolute value.

2 = (x-y)²/2
4 = (x-y)² is your locus.
You can't square to get rid of absolute value.

|x| = surd (x^2)

|x| =/= (x^2)
 

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untouchablecuz said:
You can't square to get rid of absolute value.

|x| = surd (x^2)

|x| =/= (x^2)
Actually you can.

AV(x) = SR(x^2)

Sqaure both sides:

x^2 = x^2

tommy is pro at maths, don't argue with him.
 

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lyounamu said:
tommy is pro at maths, don't argue with him.
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY!

Anyway, you can square it? I've always been taught different.
 

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APPEAL TO AUTHORITY!

Anyway, you can square it? I've always been taught different.
Yeah. Because AV(x) = SR(x^2) but in here SR(x^2) =/= x
 

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untouchablecuz said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value#Real_numbers

Wikipedia says different for the real number system and the complex number system (correct me if i'm wrong, cause I got no idea about complex numbers).
Yeah, it's different depending on the different system you are talking about.

In the real number system, you cannot have negative root (e.g. SR(-4))

But in the complex number system, you can have one.

Here, I am talking in the context of the real number system...hope that cleared some up.
 

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