Monday, September 10, 2007

Homework 9/10

p.87 #11-16, 23-26
p.235 #21-24
p.150 #1-2

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28 comments:

Unknown said...

ok i need help on 25 and 26 so let me know when u are on!!!

Unknown said...

so i pretty much need some help on this homework!!

Unknown said...

tawni do u know how to do 16?

Unknown said...

use your difference of squares and multiply by the squareroot of 1+s over the squareroot of 1+s!

Matt Hickman said...

Tawni:
What do you get when you substitute -1 in for x in each of those problems? What does that tell you?

Unknown said...

well wat do i do with that random -1 thats out there?!

Unknown said...

you get 0 which means that it is goin to be an actual number right??

Unknown said...

MONICA: you multiply it by all that too!!

Unknown said...

omg im bout to stab this gay calculus book with my pencil!!!!!!!! ok so i pretty much gave up on that one....on 23 am i supposed to factor?!

Unknown said...

i didnt but i dont know if i did it right or not.....but i got the same answer as the back of the book!! lol!

Matt Hickman said...

Tawni:
You get 0/0 which indicates that the answer is probably a real number. Try factoring.

Monica:
Whenever you have 2 fractions or a fraction and a number (as is the case in #16) as part of your limit, it's generally a good strategy to get a common denominator and combine the two numbers (in this case, multiply the -1 by sqrt(1+s)/sqrt(1+s). Once you've done that, you'll need to get rid of a square root which means you'll need to use the difference of squares.

It may help you to factor on #23, but it is not necessary. What do you get when you plug -2 in? What does that indicate?

Unknown said...

so on 25 when u factor so u get x+1 over (x-1)(x+1)(x-1)??

Matt Hickman said...

No. x^3 + 1 is a sum of cubes. Use the formula.

Unknown said...

u get 0 on the bottom...doesn't that mean that i'm supposed to keep workin it out till i get an answer??

Matt Hickman said...

Not if you get a constant over zero. A constant over zero (which is what you get in 23) means it's going to infinity or neg. infinity. You need to figure out which.

0/0 means you need to keep working with it to get a real number.

Unknown said...

oh yea!!! so u get x+1 over (x+1)(x^2-x+1^2) right??

Unknown said...

well if i'm not at school tomorrow i promise its cuz i'm skippin ur test to study longer!!
i'm goin to bed!!
toodles!!
love ya tawni

Matt Hickman said...

Tawni:
Yes. Do you see how to factor 26?

Unknown said...

is it x+1 over (x-1)(x^3+x+1)???

Unknown said...

oh love you too monica!! lol!!

Matt Hickman said...

26 isn't a difference of cubes. Try again.

Unknown said...

sometimes u make me feel really dumb!! lol! ok umm is it x^2-1 and x^2+1??

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Unknown said...

oh yea i just kinda figured that out now by lookin at it...lol....but is the answer -1/4??

Matt Hickman said...

Yes. Now finish factoring x^2 - 1.

Matt Hickman said...

Yep, -1/4.

Unknown said...

ok sweet thanks those were the only 2 that gave me trouble!! k well ill see you tomorrow bye!!!

Matt Hickman said...

See you tomorrow.