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  • @StatistikaInfo
    @StatistikaInfo 24 дні тому +35

    I did it using ((√2-1)^10) = (((√2-1)^2)^5) = (3 - 2√2)^5, the pascal triangle for i = 5 is 1 5 10 10 5 1, these are the coefficients for (a+b)^5 = a^5 + 5a^4b + 10 a^3 b^2 + 10 a^2 b^3 + 5 a b^4 + b^5 where a = 3 and b = -2√2, thus (a+b)^5 = 3363 - 2378√2.

    • @freundderuc9146
      @freundderuc9146 20 днів тому +1

      exactly ehat I also did and it took only 5 minutes and no fiddlish substitution with a lot of probable mistakes

    • @argunovcom
      @argunovcom 11 днів тому

      also is mine, more elegant

  • @moebadderman227
    @moebadderman227 Місяць тому +121

    (√2 - 1)² = 3 - 2√2
    (√2 - 1)^4 = (3 - 2√2)² = 17 - 12√2
    (√2 - 1)^8 = (17 - 12√2)² = 577 - 408√2
    (√2 - 1)^10 = (√2 - 1)²(√2 - 1)^8 = (3 - 2√2)(577 - 408√2) = 3363 - 2378√2

    • @serhatsakarya3892
      @serhatsakarya3892 Місяць тому +10

      This is so much easier indeed.

    • @ironfbody
      @ironfbody Місяць тому +8

      That's how I did it. Didn't take 17 minutes, and I didn't use a calculator (except to check it at the end)

    • @redmiraja4396
      @redmiraja4396 Місяць тому +8

      Simple...how to make a simple problem complex foolishly and create a video is what it's all about.

    • @renebrienne1862
      @renebrienne1862 Місяць тому +1

      Toujours tellement LOURD avec lui !!!!!!!

    • @redmiraja4396
      @redmiraja4396 Місяць тому

      @@renebrienne1862 நீங்கள் என்ன சொன்னிர்கள்?

  • @douglasmcclure
    @douglasmcclure Місяць тому +24

    I really enjoyed this video! But in this case, since the square root turns into a whole number when squared, I think it is actually easier just to power through using the original numbers, rather than defining 𝑥 = √2 - 1 and then substituting it back in the end:
    x¹⁰ = x⁸ ⋅ x² = [(x²)²]² ⋅ x²
    So, (√2 − 1)¹⁰ = {[(√2 − 1)²]²}² ⋅ (√2 − 1)²
    STEP 1: (√2 − 1)² = 3 − 2√2
    STEP 2: (3 − 2√2)² = 17 − 12√2
    STEP 3: (17 − 12√2)² = 577 − 408√2
    STEP 4: (577 − 408√2) ⋅ (3 − 2√2) = 3363 − 2378√2

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому +1

      Since it's easier to work with low powers and do a final square, it would make sense to get the 5th power and then square that. The 5th power can be computed as ((x²)*x)*x² or ((x²)²)*x or x⁵ using the binomial expansion.
      1st version:
      (√2-1)² = 3-2*√2
      (√2-1)³ = (3-2*√2)*(√2-1) = 5*√2-7
      (√2-1)⁵ = (3-2*√2)*(5*√2-7) = 29*√2-41
      2nd version:
      (√2-1)² = 3-2*√2
      (√2-1)⁴ = (3-2*√2)² = 17-12*√2
      (√2-1)⁵ = (17-12*√2)*(√2-1) = 29*√2-41
      3rd version:
      (√2-1)⁵ = 4*√2-5*4+10*2*√2-10*2+5*√2-1
      = 29*√2-41
      Final square:
      (√2-1)¹⁰ = ((√2-1)⁵)² = (29*√2-41)²
      = 841*2+1681 - 2*(1225-36)*√2
      = 3363 - 2378*√2

  • @MD-kv9zo
    @MD-kv9zo Місяць тому +50

    Since 10 is pretty small(small enough to calculate) you could do it with binomial theorem

    • @klexosia
      @klexosia Місяць тому +2

      That's how I did it! I got the answer, but it took some time. I think the method shown in the video is faster.

    • @sidharthpatra4751
      @sidharthpatra4751 Місяць тому +2

      Yeah man , i dont understand why they make simpler problems look like its super tough. Here wlso 2nd term of binomial is 1, so the expansion becomes more easily right?

    • @klexosia
      @klexosia Місяць тому +2

      @@sidharthpatra4751 I took it as [-(1-√2)]^10 so I got 1 as the first term, I don't have much experience with binomial equations, but I think that's faster?

    • @dekippiesip
      @dekippiesip Місяць тому +1

      ​@sidharthpatra4751 it's all about using this concept. If you used the binomial theorem for the 100th power it would get unmanageably tedious. This method would also be tedious, but a hell of a lot better.

    • @MD-kv9zo
      @MD-kv9zo Місяць тому

      @@dekippiesip Uh ignore this comment

  • @micknamens8659
    @micknamens8659 Місяць тому +9

    I found a nice approach where you only need additions and substractions to get the exact formula. It's similar to the Fibonacci number algorithm.
    It's obvious that each whole power of (sqrt(2)-1) (refered to later as x) has the form a×sqrt(2)+b , hence we can encode them as a vector (a,b).
    We define an algorithm to compute all powers of x in a recursive way:
    a_n+1=b_n - a_n.
    b_n+1=a_n - a_n+1
    That's because to get the next power, i.e. next element in the sequence we multiply by x: (a×sqrt(2)+b)×(sqrt(2)-1) = (b-a)sqrt(2) + (2a-b) = (b-a)sqrt(2) + (a -(b-a))
    Note: We use a_n+1 for computing b_n+1 to avoid the multiplication by 2.
    The resulting sequence (as (a,b) vectors) looks like:
    (1,-1),(-2,3),(5,-7),(-12,17),(29,-41),(-70,99),(169,-239),(-408,577),(985,-1393),(-2378,3363)
    According to the 10th element of the sequence the 10th power is: -2378×sqrt(2) + 3363
    IMO this approach is much more interesting than the video 😉

    • @zk6912
      @zk6912 Місяць тому

      This is really ingenious, congrat!

    • @micknamens8659
      @micknamens8659 Місяць тому

      @@zk6912 Thank you

    • @DavidJerison-z1w
      @DavidJerison-z1w 29 днів тому +1

      Very nice.
      In some sense no method can be easy because the answer is complicated. The recursion pattern can also be described well using 2 by 2 matrices. This sequence of numbers was collaterally known to Pythagoras and others because the ratios give good approximations to the square root of 2. The modern approach to all square roots is a subject in number theory that you can read about in Wikipedia under Pell’s Equation. The ratios are called continued fractions. The case of the Fibonacci numbers gives the best rational approximations to the golden ratio 😊

    • @DavidJerison-z1w
      @DavidJerison-z1w 29 днів тому

      Collaterally is a misprint/autocorrect. Just skip it.

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому

      It's just a simple method to track the coefficients as you successively multiply each power by (√2-1) to get the next power.

  • @sergiykanilo9848
    @sergiykanilo9848 25 днів тому +3

    (4√2-1)^5 => 4√2 - 5*4 +10*2√2 - 10*2 + 5*√2 - 1 (using pascal's triangle 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1)
    => (4+20+5)√2 - (20+20+1) => 29√2 - 41
    ^2 => 3363 - 2378√2

  • @Ian-q7r
    @Ian-q7r 19 днів тому +2

    Thanks for your clearly explained solution. I would approximate the answer in my head too by using (1.414 -1) = 0.414 which, raised to the tenth power, is almost zero, as a double-check that I had not made a mistake! Having a rough idea of what to expect is always a good check. (I've the advantage of reading so many comments with other methods, that I'm going to try some of these too.)

  • @NicolaiLund-q3f
    @NicolaiLund-q3f Місяць тому +15

    You needed a calculator anyway, so instead of “simplifying” over 17 minutes and the using a calculator, you could have used a calculator from the beginning and arrived to same result in less than 15 seconds ;)
    But I do love the arithmetics - always good to refresh :)

    • @petermaling943
      @petermaling943 Місяць тому +5

      Which would have been marked wrong. The question was seeking the exact answer, not a calculator approximation. I know he fiddled about with a calculator at the end, but the problem was solved before that.

    • @Bunny99s
      @Bunny99s Місяць тому +2

      @@petermaling943 Exactly. The question was to simplify the equation, not to introduce inaccuracies ^^. Otherwise I can simplify PI to the number "3". Makes a lot things easier, but not right. That's the main difference between actual math and applied practical math. A carpenter who needs to calculate how long something needs to be just needs an appoximation that is close enough / has an acceptable margin of error. However that's not what math is about. The simplified equation can be evaluated / approximated when necessary to an arbitrary precision.
      The simplified forumla is the most accurate expression of the result.

  • @michaeledwards2251
    @michaeledwards2251 Місяць тому +1

    Demonstrates the incredible accuracy of modern calculators. The difference of too very similar values will show any errors propagation.

  • @Segalmed
    @Segalmed Місяць тому +6

    Let a be (SQRT(2)-1) then the equation can be factored into a² *( a²)² * (a²)²= a² * (a²)²)²
    a² is easy from 2nd binomial formula, squaring this a 2nd and 3rd time is not much more difficult. Now multiply 1st and 3rd term and you're finished.

    • @milan.matejka
      @milan.matejka Місяць тому

      This is probably what most of us started with.

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому +1

      Squaring is easy. Also, it's much easier to work with low powers first, and then do a final square. Thus, it would make sense to get the 5th power and then square that. The 5th power can be computed as ((x²)*x)*x² or ((x²)²)*x or x⁵ using the binomial expansion.
      1st version:
      (√2-1)² = 3-2*√2
      (√2-1)³ = (3-2*√2)*(√2-1) = 5*√2-7
      (√2-1)⁵ = (5*√2-7)*(3-2*√2) = 29*√2-41
      2nd version:
      (√2-1)² = 3-2*√2
      (√2-1)⁴ = (3-2*√2)² = 17-12*√2
      (√2-1)⁵ = (17-12*√2)*(√2-1) = 29*√2-41
      3rd version:
      (√2-1)⁵ = 4*√2-5*4+10*2*√2-10*2+5*√2-1
      = 29*√2-41
      Final square:
      (√2-1)¹⁰ = ((√2-1)⁵)² = (29*√2-41)²
      = 841*2+1681 - 2*(1225-36)*√2
      = 3363 - 2378*√2

    • @AllHandlesHaveBeenTaken
      @AllHandlesHaveBeenTaken 14 днів тому

      My math must suck. .4142^10 is a really small number and doesn't match your result at all. Oh well

  • @peterkoller3761
    @peterkoller3761 14 днів тому +2

    Amazing, how a simple calculation can be made this complicated! The square root of 2 is 1.4something. Subtract 1 and you get 0.4something. And then you multiply it with it self 10 times. Absolutely no need to introduce any variables!

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 20 годин тому +1

      Multiply with itself 9 times. You also need more precision to make sure the result doesn't deviate from the true answer by too much.

  • @Bandit-nr5mq
    @Bandit-nr5mq Місяць тому

    Stumbled on this channel. Really enjoy your videos! The way you make a non-mathematician able to follow all steps is great. Your enthusiasm is fantastic - you just have to follow all steps through to see the final answer.

  • @jamesatkinson12
    @jamesatkinson12 Місяць тому +2

    (2^1/2)^10 * (1-1/2^1/2)^10 Since 1/1/2^1/2 is less than 1 , use expansion series or (1-x)^n. First three terms * 32 gives you approx answer

  • @rogerphelps9939
    @rogerphelps9939 Місяць тому +2

    Just use Pascal's triangle to get the binomial coefficients and simplify. Easy.

  • @cogitoegosum6382
    @cogitoegosum6382 13 днів тому

    So beautiful! Brings back the old days when I was a student. We were not supposed to use a calculator in exams 😅

  • @gerodg
    @gerodg 4 дні тому

    Thank you for the explanation of the equation. I am going to try this equation a few times until I can figure it out. I appreciate the equation

  • @Mike-xc4yz
    @Mike-xc4yz День тому

    You can divide expression by 2 and use trigonometry to solve it elegantly, since 1/sqrt2 and 1/2 are sines of angles.

  • @oahuhawaii2141
    @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому +1

    I used the binomial expansion for the 5th power and then squared the result:
    (√2 - 1)¹⁰
    = ((√2 - 1)⁵)²
    = (4*√2 - 5*4 + 10*2*√2 - 10*2 + 5*√2 - 1)²
    = (29*√2 - 41)²
    = 841*2+1681 - 2*(1225-36)*√2
    = 3363 - 2378*√2

    • @AljosaVolcic
      @AljosaVolcic 26 днів тому

      The procedure shown ignores that we deal here with irrational numbers which have infinitely many decimals!

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 24 дні тому +1

      @@AljosaVolcic: And why is that significant?

    • @freundderuc9146
      @freundderuc9146 20 днів тому

      exactly my approach as well. Found it much simpler and failure proof

    • @praveencg5828
      @praveencg5828 День тому

      (1.41-1)¹⁰
      (.41)¹⁰= .00015

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 21 годину тому

      @praveencg5828: Your calculator is broken:
      (1.41 - 1)¹⁰ = 0.41¹⁰
      = 0.00013422659310152401
      (√2 - 1)¹⁰ = 3363 - 2378*√2
      ≈ 0.0001486767799739495842138293...

  • @pierrecarrette4976
    @pierrecarrette4976 Місяць тому

    You can also write (sqrt(2)-1)=(1/x)*(1/(x+1/x)) with x=2^(1/4). Then, you use recursive expressions for (x+1/x)^n. That would make the result very general.

    • @pierrecarrette4976
      @pierrecarrette4976 Місяць тому

      To further … this is related to Lucas sequence (see Wikipedia)

  • @martinphipps2
    @martinphipps2 21 годину тому

    (sqrt2-1^10
    = (2 - 2sqrt2 + 1)^5
    = (3 - 2sqrt2)(9 - 12sqrt2 + 8)^2
    = (3 -2sqrt2)(289 - 408sqrt2 + 288)
    = (3 -2sqrt2)(577 - 408sqrt2)
    = (1731+1632-1224sqrt2-1554sqrt2)
    = (3363 - 2778sqrt2)

  • @CuriousCyclist
    @CuriousCyclist Місяць тому

    That was super interesting. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. ❤

  • @billrandle4437
    @billrandle4437 Місяць тому +1

    Evaluate : (√2 - 1)¹⁰.
    There are a number of ways of doing
    this
    I shall use the Binomial Theorem
    Firstly I am going to do some
    preparation
    In order to reduce repetition and
    tedium.
    Now, in the Binomial Expansion of
    (√2 - 1)¹⁰.
    There are 11 terms.
    Each term has the following structure
    (binomial coefficient) x (a power of - √2 x (a power of 1)
    The powers of 1 are each equal to 1
    So each term is now (a binomial coefficient) x (a power of √2 )
    Every term with an even power of 2 is rational these powers are (L₁)
    (-√2)¹⁰=2⁵=32, (-√2)⁸=2⁴=16, (-√2 )⁶=2 ³=8, (-√2 )⁴= (2)²=4, (-√2 )²= 2
    Every term with an odd power of √2 is irrational
    and can be written as a multiple of - √2
    Thus (-√2)⁹= (-√2)⁸⋅〈-√2 )=(2)⁴.-√2 =-16√2 the complete list of these, (L₂)
    - 16√2, - 8√2, - 4√2, - 2√2, - √2.. ... (L₂)
    32,16,8,4,2,1................ ..... ...(L₁)
    The Binomial Coefficients for power 10 are
    1,10. 45, 120, 210, 252, 210, 120,45,10, 1.......... (L₃).
    (These form the 10th row of Pascal'sTriangle, or direct calculations
    using combinations).
    Now we can calculate the value of each term by multiplying each
    corresponding values in lists L₁, L₂ and L₃.
    ( 1x32 + 45x16+210x8+210x4+45x2+1)-
    √2 (10x16+120x8+252x4+120×2+10x1
    Giving (32+720+1680+840+90+1)
    - (160+960+1008+240+10)√2
    =3363 - 2378√2

    • @freundderuc9146
      @freundderuc9146 20 днів тому

      if you change that to ((√2 - 1)^5)^2 you need only the coefficients +1 -5 +10 -10 +5 -1 and max exponent 5. After that sum up to get (29√2 - 41)^2 which is the result

  • @maceayres
    @maceayres 22 дні тому

    Square both terms inside the paratehecies and the power 10; You have (2-1)* or 1 to the 100th power which is 1 = 1.

  • @antonmaier2263
    @antonmaier2263 12 днів тому

    Surprised that partly substitution is helpful

  • @jacobcombs1106
    @jacobcombs1106 Місяць тому

    (√2-1)^10
    (√2-1)^2*(√2-1)^2^2^2
    Then I just did it the long hard way.
    (√2-1)^2=3-2√2
    (3-2√2)^2=17-12√2
    (17-12√2)^2=577-408√2
    (577-408√2)×(3-2√2)=
    3364-2378√2
    ~1.487×10^-4

  • @AvihooI
    @AvihooI Місяць тому +1

    I've done binomial expansion for this one... the other way is obviously a nice shortcut.

  • @broddettabatayo7661
    @broddettabatayo7661 Місяць тому +3

    A binomial theorem is the common solution to that expression, but your solution is so amazing. Thank you sir

  • @michellefranklin3182
    @michellefranklin3182 Місяць тому +3

    Thanks man.

  • @rvdboston9568
    @rvdboston9568 15 днів тому +2

    no point to complicate things with x

  • @Litmus1974
    @Litmus1974 Місяць тому +29

    Pascal triangle... 2 minutes, exact solution

    • @rogerphelps9939
      @rogerphelps9939 Місяць тому +3

      Absolutely. No faffing around witth fancy methods that only work for a very restricted set of problems.

    • @pietergeerkens6324
      @pietergeerkens6324 Місяць тому +1

      Nice! Not sure if I quite made 2 minutes; probably more like 3 minutes here. I calculated the coefficients as 10 choose n instead of drawing up Pascal's triangle, as I thought it might be a tad faster; but I must be slowing in my dotage.

    • @johnfox2483
      @johnfox2483 Місяць тому +1

      Make a video :-)
      I'd rather say 5-10 minutes.
      Half, if you're clever.

    • @rainerzufall42
      @rainerzufall42 29 днів тому +1

      @@pietergeerkens6324 You just need a quarter of them for a good approximation:
      1
      10*9/2! = 45
      10*9*8*7/4! = 720/24 * 7 = 210
      --
      10*9*8*7*6*5/6! = (10 \over 4) = 210
      (10 \over 8) = (10 \over 2) = 45
      (10 \over 10) = (10 \over 0) = 1
      If we consider 1 as given, you just have to calculate 45 and 210, which are pretty easy!
      Now the calculation/approximation:
      As I wrote above, with x = sqrt(2) - 1, 1/x = sqrt(2) + 1. So what is (1/x)^10?
      a = 1, b = 1 * sqrt(2) => a^n = 1, b^(2n) = 2^n makes it easy to calculate (a + b)^10:
      1 * 2^5 + 45 * 2^4 + 210 * 2^3 + 210 * 2^2 + 45 * 2 + 1 = 32 + 720 + 1680 + 840 + 90 + 1 = 3363
      (you can even make this simpler, if you calculate (a+b)^5 and square it, but this is easy enough to calculate!)
      So what's the approximation? x^10 = 1 / (1/x)^10 ~= 1 / (2 * 3363) = 1 / 6726 ~= 0.00014867678.
      Why 2 * 3363? Because (1 + sqrt(2))^10 = 3363 + c * sqrt(2). We haven't calculated c (spared us a lot of calculation!), but we know, that c * sqrt(2) ~= 3363. That's why we have (1 + sqrt(2))^10 ~= 2 * 3363 = 6726.
      The result is correct to the 11th digit or so!
      With some more calculation, we could even get the correct value, but why?
      While the text is very long now, it's not so much to do. Here's the kernel of the calculation:
      10*9/2! = 45
      10*9*8*7/4! = 210
      (32 + 1) + (16 + 2) * 45 + (8 + 4) * 210 = 33 + 810 + 2520 = 3363 => x^10 ~= 1 / 6726 ~= 0.00014867678.
      Wow, that's even shorter than I thought! Which exponent hasn't he done yet? Would be as easy!
      E.g. (8 + 1) + (4 + 2) * 15 = 9 + 90 = 99 => x^6 ~= 1 / 198 ~= 0.0050505. (this was another video of this kind!)

    • @rainerzufall42
      @rainerzufall42 29 днів тому +2

      I was just curious:
      (n=2): (2 + 1) = 3 => x^2 ~= 1 / 6 ~= 0.166667. Exact value (this is the worst approximation!): 0.171573.
      (n=14): 14*13/2! = 91, 14*13*12*11/4! = 91*11 = 1001, 14*13*12*11*10*9/6! = 1001*3 = 3003.
      (128 + 1) + (64 + 2) * 91 + (32 + 4) * 1001 + (16 + 8) * 3003 = 129 + 6006 + 36036 + 72072 = 114243
      => x^14 ~= 1 / 228486 ~= 0.0000043766357676. Exact value: 0.0000043766357677. 16th digit!
      Reciprocal value is 228485.9999956233642323, which is pretty close to 228486 (even more 228486 - x^14).

  • @johnfox2483
    @johnfox2483 Місяць тому +1

    To many math?
    I'd compute (sqrt(2)-1)^2 = 3-2sqrt(2).
    And then raise to 5th power your way (4+1).
    No x.

    • @oahuhawaii2141
      @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому

      I'd raise it to the 5th power and then square the result.

  • @tomfull6637
    @tomfull6637 14 днів тому

    You people in the comments are so much smarter than I. I am trying really hard but I can’t grasp why this equation is difficult!

  • @emmanuelmwape4560
    @emmanuelmwape4560 Місяць тому

    The answer may not be the goal, if it were we could use a calculators, the idea is to develop conceptual understanding. The long method is conceptual, it is pedagogically rich in delivering concepts.

  • @brian554xx
    @brian554xx Місяць тому +4

    Really close to 1/6726. What's the simplest way to get this answer algebraically?

    • @FatihKarakurt
      @FatihKarakurt Місяць тому +5

      Let a=√2-1 and b=√2+1. ab=1; a+b=2√2. Using ab=1 without explicitly writing in the expansions below.
      (a+b)^2=a^2+b^2+2. a^2+b^2=6
      (a^2+b^2)^2=a^4+b^4+2. a^4+b^4=34
      (a^2+b^2)(a^4+b^4) = a^6+b^6+(a^2+b^2). a^6+b^6=6*33
      (a^4+b^4)^2=a^8+b^8+2. a^8+b^8=34^2-2.
      (a^2+b^2)(a^8+b^8)=a^10+b^10+(a^6+b^6)
      a^10+b^10 = 6*(34^2-2)- 6*33 = 6*(34*33-1) = 6726.
      Note that a

    • @brian554xx
      @brian554xx Місяць тому +1

      @@FatihKarakurt I love you. Please continue to exist!

    • @pepebriguglio6125
      @pepebriguglio6125 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@brian554xx
      I saw the same thing as you and immediately recognized 6726 as twice 3363 (from the exact solution). I therefore had the same thought as you, and went straight to the comments to find someone asking your question or someone simply showing the method your 'saviour' (FatihKarakurt) showed. So, thanks, both of you!

    • @pepebriguglio6125
      @pepebriguglio6125 Місяць тому

      ​@@FatihKarakurt
      I knew it! ✊️🎉
      It had to be the conjugate at play! 🔍☝️🧐 ...😆😃
      Thanks for doing the work! 🙏💯

  • @mikeheyburn9716
    @mikeheyburn9716 13 днів тому

    Is this the best voice on youtube???

  • @ciaucia156
    @ciaucia156 10 днів тому

    ~ 82^-2
    ~ 6726^-1

  • @badrakhariunchimeg1031
    @badrakhariunchimeg1031 23 дні тому

    Line diagnal /2×4 (-n!)

  • @kjr2868
    @kjr2868 5 днів тому

    √2 =1.4142 is one of those numbers you memorise. The calculator will say it is 1.4142135124, so you can just go 0.4142^10 using your calculator and you get 0.000149 to 6 decimal places, using the 10 decimal places number you get 0.000149, which is the same? But of course the answer is to make x^2=1-2x and go thru the computations!!

  • @matthewlloyd3255
    @matthewlloyd3255 29 днів тому

    By inspection: "A very small number" (values less than 0.5 to the power of 10 = very small indeed)

  • @CaryInVictoria
    @CaryInVictoria 14 днів тому

    Very clear but 18 minute runtime could have been reduced to perhaps 6 minutes without losing viewers. There was no need, for example, to repeatedly write the same term on the left side of the equation from one line to the next. Also, different terms could be combined in a single step rather than combining the terms (e.g., constants) one at a time.

  • @edwardsong7628
    @edwardsong7628 11 днів тому

    I find it hard why the question was posed, and why not just use a calculator, Then I thought that they were seeking a number with no exponents or square roots in the final answer. The final answer still contained the square root of 2, so I really don't know what the point of the exercise was. However, it did require the solver to use some nice algebra techniques.

  • @shmuelzehavi4940
    @shmuelzehavi4940 6 днів тому

    This problem is nothing but a "donkey-work" one, with a very big chance to make a stupid arithmetic mistake and get a totaly wrong answer.
    There is a single way for a student to check the validity of his result (if he's not allowed to use a calculator):
    Since (√2-1)^10 = (1/(√2+1))^10 and 1/(√2+1) < 1/2, then: (√2-1)^10 < (1/2)^10
    Therefore, the answer must satisfy: 0 < Answer ≪ 1 otherwise, there is a calculation error.

  • @TheRagingPlatypus
    @TheRagingPlatypus 21 день тому

    X to the tense power...it was a very nervous power...sorry I couldn't resist.

  • @peterhickey1218
    @peterhickey1218 Місяць тому

    I'll take your word for it.

  • @mikecloeter4780
    @mikecloeter4780 Місяць тому +9

    Engineer says 1.5E-4

    • @moebadderman227
      @moebadderman227 Місяць тому

      My brother is an Engineer, and I admire him and his fellow Engineers for making things I could never make; but Mathematics? No.

    • @bigboss9817
      @bigboss9817 Місяць тому +1

      @@moebadderman227 Then he isn't an engineer. Mathematics is the language of Engineering. We don't do four terms of calculus and linear algebra just for fun. BTW, the answer by op is incorrect, an ENGINEER would say 0.1487E-03 or 148.7E-06, since we use the Engineering notation and we round to at least 3 decimals when solving a practical problem. Also, if an expression uses roots it needs a lot more decimals to be precise.
      But that answer is still wrong, because there is no practical problem involved, it's pure math so rounding is not permitted. So final answer 3363 - 2378√2.

    • @moebadderman227
      @moebadderman227 3 дні тому

      @@bigboss9817
      "Then he isn't an engineer."
      O RLY

  • @ulrikof.2486
    @ulrikof.2486 Місяць тому +1

    I don't get the advantage of defining x this way, as you are transforming and transforming and transforming. I simply multiplied it out without defining such an x and I didn't need more lines than you had - I needed much less.

  • @kensanity178
    @kensanity178 19 днів тому

    Pop quiz: is E actually equal to MC/2? I dont think so. C is the neasurement of the speed of something, which is disqualifying for this equation.

  • @TimFSpears
    @TimFSpears 24 дні тому

    I can’t help but be concerned about what school has only 6% of students getting this correct. Also, this is a fun exercise, but I think a direct approach with Pascal’s Triangle yields an answer more quickly and with fewer steps.

  • @Brigadier_Beau
    @Brigadier_Beau 17 днів тому

    I could have expanded it with distribution by the time I worked through this convoluted method.

  • @dergassia
    @dergassia День тому

    Use Tartaglia triangle....it takes less

  • @alvorada3804
    @alvorada3804 14 днів тому

    I enjoyed the video as much as the comments. Thank you to all of you !!

  • @cortesrioscarlos
    @cortesrioscarlos 4 дні тому

    Love you the way you draw X

  • @mzh99
    @mzh99 21 день тому

    The answer is so simple and much quicker to arrive at in about 10 seconds:
    forward to 15:15 you silly people! haha

  • @garignacdevaldis8628
    @garignacdevaldis8628 Місяць тому +7

    I solved it using Pascal's Triangle, fun problem

  • @adolfoe.4155
    @adolfoe.4155 8 днів тому

    as i am an engeener the answer come quicly ~0 😂 because √2 - 1 is around 0.414 that is

  • @sativares
    @sativares Місяць тому

    0,00015 - calculated it in my head

  • @tonyfield2360
    @tonyfield2360 Місяць тому +7

    Hang on. Right at the end you used a calculator. So why all other stuff ?

  • @ulrikof.2486
    @ulrikof.2486 Місяць тому +2

    I thought some elegant solution was asked for, but there is no elegance in your solution. There are many different ways to group it and multiply it out. Any of these solve it step by step in a rather basic way of using simple multiplication.

  • @yvesdelombaerde5909
    @yvesdelombaerde5909 24 дні тому

    Since the numbers are not that complicated, I would probably. have tried taking the cube of the cube then multiply with sqt2-1

  • @barry2718
    @barry2718 18 днів тому

    HP prime in CAS mode and Wolfram alpha gives the answer integer and squareroot answer

  • @venti4268
    @venti4268 19 днів тому

    In todays world, where everyone has a calculator on the phone,the most "simplified" expression is the question itself. The solution is more complicated than the question. In 10 more years only 1% will try to complicate a clean written number like this..

  • @SomUNITE
    @SomUNITE Місяць тому

    Binomial theorem with pascle triangle expansion will do the quick trick to solve …🧐

  • @coreyfranco7060
    @coreyfranco7060 15 днів тому

    Students of what get this wrong? It was 25 years ago but i remember EE was more difficult than this...

  • @TonyGao-hv1kt
    @TonyGao-hv1kt Місяць тому

    Knock of that TIT TAC TAC TAC ACCENT man

  • @agnarrenolen1336
    @agnarrenolen1336 21 день тому

    Not sure whether the final answer is “simpler” than the original…

  • @narasimhankrishnamachari368
    @narasimhankrishnamachari368 Місяць тому

    Take log 10 log(1.414-1)
    10 log 0.414

  • @brett1372
    @brett1372 14 днів тому

    Textbook binomial theorem question

  • @JaimeWarlock
    @JaimeWarlock Місяць тому +2

    But the final answer still takes 6 computer operations to calculate a real number, just like the original. So is it really simplified or just a different format?

    • @AvihooI
      @AvihooI Місяць тому

      Well, for the expression (v-1)^10 = 3363 - 2378*v, the former requires one subtraction and then exponentiation which takes up log(n) multiplications. The latter is one multiplication and one subtraction. It's clearly a much easier expression to compute.

    • @JaimeWarlock
      @JaimeWarlock Місяць тому +1

      @@AvihooI Actually 3363-2378*v^0.5; It takes the same amount of time to do e^(0.5 * ln v) as for e^(10 * ln v); But if we did it all in assembly, I guess the simplified version is actually faster.

    • @AvihooI
      @AvihooI Місяць тому

      @@JaimeWarlock yeah I mean, if you formulate this problem using a logarithm and exponentiation which can be approximated using a Taylor expansion then indeed the simplifcation becomes redundant.
      This is why it depends on whatever computation model/system you're dealing with and what exactly is the problem you're trying to simplify. If the only tools you have are addition and multiplication (and subtraction and division) then the simplified form is better computationally.
      Btw I just noticed that in what I wrote, I forgot to mention that v = sqrt(2)... that expansion is obviously only true when that is the case.

  • @felipecastro4714
    @felipecastro4714 Місяць тому

    Beautiful question! Thank you!

  • @m.j.mateyka7350
    @m.j.mateyka7350 25 днів тому

    I used my HP11C and got the answer in five seconds.

  • @jeanlucwilain7662
    @jeanlucwilain7662 Місяць тому

    Shorter to develop and calculate directly. No?

  • @marcusviniciusmenossiolive1997
    @marcusviniciusmenossiolive1997 28 днів тому

    2^5-1^10 = 31

  • @道芊櫳
    @道芊櫳 13 днів тому

    Cool, much human brain friendly

  • @davidgomezbernal3970
    @davidgomezbernal3970 Місяць тому

    X= (√2 - 1) ? X = (√2 - 1)^10

  • @samuelmoctezumaruiz2402
    @samuelmoctezumaruiz2402 Місяць тому

    Profesor: al hacer la operación con 3363-2378 por la raíz cuadrada de 2 = 1.4867677997 . a ver si está correcta esta operación.

  • @RealQinnMalloryu4
    @RealQinnMalloryu4 Місяць тому

    (2 ➖ 1)^2^5 (1 ➖ 1)^2^5^1 ( ➖ 1)2^1^1 ()^2^1(x ➖ 2x+1).

  • @banditrandall
    @banditrandall Місяць тому

    binomial theorem is about the same amount of effort.

  • @parathuruthil
    @parathuruthil Місяць тому

    Very good.

  • @McSlobo
    @McSlobo 13 днів тому

    S,o do you mean that to solve this one should just understand to make some weird trick substitution? Looks like quite solveable with just brute force, as some have proven. But that brings us to one of the problem with some exam questions. How would one know when to make trick substitution and whe ? By chance, or by experience. Maybe their teacher just happened to show similar example on a lesson. Instead of trick questions I'd concentrate on testing routine in increasing difficulty levels.

  • @twitterpaited
    @twitterpaited Місяць тому

    What kind of pen are you using?

  • @baxtermullins1842
    @baxtermullins1842 Місяць тому

    I like at minimum 4 digits maybe 5.

  • @teraincognita-zq6wu
    @teraincognita-zq6wu 24 дні тому

    Why you are not using binomal formula, you will get result in 5 minutes.

  • @recrutinggamer5597
    @recrutinggamer5597 Місяць тому

    Brother it could be solved simply by using the binomial theorem

  • @mariokajin
    @mariokajin 27 днів тому

    Everything that’s less than one (1) on a this large of an exponential isn’t all that much, actually it’s pretty close to zero. So the story was nice but the result is quite disappointing.

  • @gerakore8948
    @gerakore8948 17 днів тому

    could you use pascals triangle for this instead?

  • @sk8pkl
    @sk8pkl 19 днів тому

    I get the whole logic, but i dont get how you do some of those simplifications. I wish i knew what to look for to understand.

  • @-SARTHAKSHARMA
    @-SARTHAKSHARMA Місяць тому

    Nice❤❤🎉

  • @yanssala2214
    @yanssala2214 Місяць тому

    Chefe raiz cuadrada de 2 = (1,4142......) es un numero irracional, asi que si le resto 1 el resultado sigue irracional. Al ser elevado a la potencia 10 la parte entera tendra 10 digitos y la decimal infinitos ...

  • @kevinmolloy2719
    @kevinmolloy2719 День тому

    why not just take log square root 2-i by 10 and find anti log

  • @oahuhawaii2141
    @oahuhawaii2141 28 днів тому

    At 07:00, you said "168" but wrote "169".

  • @hans7831
    @hans7831 Місяць тому

    (√2-1)^10
    = (√2-1)^10 ×(√2+1)^10 / (√2+1)^10
    = (2-1)^10/ (√2+1)^10
    = 1 / (√2+1)^10
    = (√2+1)^-10
    Bringt genau gar nichts, war aber innovativ 😅😅😅

    • @marekrudnicki9756
      @marekrudnicki9756 Місяць тому

      Doch. Antwort ist nah zu 0. Sie geben grosse Zahl, aber unten. Es ist besser und richtig.

  • @JohnPetty-k3u
    @JohnPetty-k3u Місяць тому

    Since when is six squared equal to 25??

  • @SoumojitPan
    @SoumojitPan 29 днів тому

    Its easy with binomial theorem

  • @donaldmckernan6335
    @donaldmckernan6335 18 днів тому +1

    If only you would speak slower, it might be easier to follow

  • @AaronCrudup
    @AaronCrudup 24 дні тому +1

    The question was to SIMPLIFY the expression.
    The original expression contains 8 characters. (√2 - 1)^10
    The final expression contains 11 characters. 3363 - 2378√2
    Even the numeric answer contains 9 characters. 0.0001486
    How is this simplifying anything?

    • @MrBottlecapBill
      @MrBottlecapBill 14 днів тому +1

      The simplifying isn't about finding the correct answer. It's about expressing it in a way that down the road may prove most beneficial. For example some values may cancel out to zero when applied to other calculations meaning you don't end up with infinite or seriously small or large numbers.

    • @AaronCrudup
      @AaronCrudup 13 днів тому

      @@MrBottlecapBill Thanks

  • @richardslater677
    @richardslater677 Місяць тому

    We still need a calculator to evaluate the final answer so why not use a calculator in the first place?

  • @sparky5584
    @sparky5584 29 днів тому +1

    I thought it said Simplify

  • @Djekill
    @Djekill 25 днів тому

    Муть какую навел. Слезу вытер...

  • @iulianmihai9367
    @iulianmihai9367 26 днів тому

    Titlul zice :Simplificati !? ..mie mi se pare ca ..s-au complicat irational de mult !Nu era mai simplu sa se calculeze radical din doi si ,gata se rezolva problema ?!?!

  • @jagjeetgadhwal7020
    @jagjeetgadhwal7020 13 днів тому

    4.1421❤❤❤❤❤