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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
  • In this video, I solved an algebra problem with no special skills. Just algebra!!!

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  • @chandranshu4892
    @chandranshu4892 8 місяців тому +50

    There is actually a much easier way to solve this. Since we've to find these constants c and d such that they are true for all values of x, set x = 0 to obtain an equation in c and d. Next set, x = c (or -c) and get another equation in c and d. That immediately eliminates d and leaves you with a cubic equation in c with no constant terms. That yields the results pretty quickly with some extraneous values that can be eliminated with simple substitution.

    • @BartBuzz
      @BartBuzz 8 місяців тому +5

      Actually, if you set x = 0 , you will get [f(c)]^2 =d and the algebra works out the same as in the video. Except that the algebra is much simpler. There is no cubic equation involved. This approach was easier for me.

    • @annacerbara4257
      @annacerbara4257 8 місяців тому +1

      if you place numerical values ​​instead of x, for example x=0, x=2, verification is not necessary, which in any case is never a bad thing to do.

    • @MathsScienceandHinduism
      @MathsScienceandHinduism 8 місяців тому +1

      I did the same way and got another pair of solutions: c=0 and d=1

    • @annacerbara4257
      @annacerbara4257 8 місяців тому

      @@MathsScienceandHinduism I think that you set x=c and x=0 maybe; if you use the undetermined value c you have to verify the solutions because you find the good c=3 and another not acceptable one.

    • @TheEulerID
      @TheEulerID 8 місяців тому

      @@annacerbara4257 Doing that means taking on trust that there is a value for c where all values of x produces a constant, but whilst the question effectively says there is, it makes me rather queasy. I prefer to prove it (and a well written question would say show that there is a constant c that produces the constant d from that expression).

  • @dr.santoshshukla1260
    @dr.santoshshukla1260 8 місяців тому +1

    Great! Keep it up! I admire your lightness throughout yours solving! God bless!

  • @hemramachandran5626
    @hemramachandran5626 Місяць тому

    You are my favorite teached on the Internet, when I aspire to be a teacher, I would like to be like you!

  • @mrgamepigeon6586
    @mrgamepigeon6586 8 місяців тому +2

    I really liked your method for finding d at 10:12! When you found c using just absolute values was very cool as well. 11:40 I have never seen someone do it like that before.

  • @juliovasquezdiaz2432
    @juliovasquezdiaz2432 8 місяців тому +1

    Excelente, gracias por compartir. He comprobado. Saludos desde Chiclayo Norte del Perú

  • @weslinpenacamacho1075
    @weslinpenacamacho1075 8 місяців тому +3

    I really like your exercies, it works for my to keep (like you say) learning

  • @user-gi5ix6zr8f
    @user-gi5ix6zr8f 8 місяців тому +1

    عالی بود سپاسگزارم لذت بردم از شیوه حل سوال

  • @mn-lc7em
    @mn-lc7em 8 місяців тому +1

    Your solution is simple and easy.
    Question: if expression =d is derived
    d'=0 and we work only on finding c.
    Yes is complicated and not elegant but may be in other problems it may be useful.
    Now a different question:
    Is any restrictive condition about different of 0 ?
    And another for c part
    You have
    (L)²=(R)²
    L² -R²=0
    (L-R )*(L +R)=0
    possible 2 solutions for c.
    Thank you for the examples

  • @dan-florinchereches4892
    @dan-florinchereches4892 День тому

    Hi PrimeNewtons. I think it is pretty obvious that is 2 polynomials divided result in a nimber then the ratios of all coefficients will be equal and also equal to the given number.
    I woud say there is no need to multiply and you can just write
    1/4=(c+4)^2/(4(c+2)^2)=d eo immediately d=1/4 and the squares should also be equal to eachother. Since there is no term in X we won't have an extra equation to verify coefficients

  • @earl.c
    @earl.c 7 місяців тому +1

    f(x) = -1/2 + 1/(x-2)
    f(c+x) f(c-x) = 1/4 + (3-c)/(something with c and x) = d
    To make the product invariant of x, the second term should be 0.
    This implies c=3, d=1/4

  • @sunil.shegaonkar1
    @sunil.shegaonkar1 8 місяців тому +2

    Hello Prime Newtons, you have excellent ideas of problem solving.

  • @nanamacapagal8342
    @nanamacapagal8342 8 місяців тому +3

    12:06 For those who want to see how it would look like with absolute values, here:
    (c-4)^2 = (c-2)^2
    |c - 4| = |c - 2|
    Now since there are two absolute values, there's four cases to worry about:
    1) +(c - 4) = +(c - 2): no solution.
    2) +(c - 4) = -(c - 2): c = 3.
    3) -(c - 4) = +(c - 2): c = 3 (same as #2)
    4) -(c - 4) + -(c - 2): no solution (same as #1)
    The only way this would work is if c = 3

    • @theupson
      @theupson 8 місяців тому +2

      going from a trivial polynomial to a multiply-piecewise abomination takes a special kind of hate :). difference of perfect squares ftw

  • @blackovich
    @blackovich 8 місяців тому +15

    You said it's easy, but you still had to do quite some work. Nothing good comes easy, my guy.

    • @salad8176
      @salad8176 8 місяців тому +3

      Just because something is long, doesn't mean its going to be difficult.

    • @aura_beast2678
      @aura_beast2678 8 місяців тому +1

      Dude this comment suggests that you are still immature

  • @elmerhuamanpedraza3121
    @elmerhuamanpedraza3121 7 місяців тому +1

    It seems to be difficult. Thanks for showing me the way to solve it.

  • @johnka5407
    @johnka5407 8 місяців тому +2

    How do we get an assumption that 1 = 4d? If it was 1 = 4d + 2 and (c - 4)² = 4d(c - 2)² + 2 the equation would be true, but c and d would be different.

    • @MightyBiffer
      @MightyBiffer 8 місяців тому

      That is where I got stopped as well.

    • @annacerbara4257
      @annacerbara4257 8 місяців тому

      Because x^2 must go away from the equation that has to be not dependent from x.

    • @johnka5407
      @johnka5407 8 місяців тому

      @@annacerbara4257 but why 1 = 4d, look at the example I gave.

    • @dan-florinchereches4892
      @dan-florinchereches4892 День тому

      The ratio of 2 polynomials is a constant. This means you can divide the top and bottom polynomial without remainder or formulated otherwise you can factor out the bottom.

  • @andrewhone3346
    @andrewhone3346 8 місяців тому

    You can get the answer without any multiplication, by looking at where the rational function can have a zero/pole, and looking at the limit when x goes to infinity.

  • @Dark_rider09461
    @Dark_rider09461 8 місяців тому +1

    Hello there
    I love your math videos so much specially the ways you solve them makes me want to watch your videos more❤
    You teach even better than my teach😂

  • @MDAviaton
    @MDAviaton 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video... I guess we learn new things everyday

  • @holyshit922
    @holyshit922 8 місяців тому

    11:31 yes and thats why i like difference of two squares in this case

  • @rescyy2235
    @rescyy2235 8 місяців тому +1

    Once reaching (c-4)^2=(c-2)^2, I recommend solving this in the following way, a^2=b^2 => a=b or a=-b; same way c-4=c-2 leading to no solutions, and c-4=2-c giving us c=3. It's the same result but it's easier because you don't have to expand the parantheses

  • @vitotozzi1972
    @vitotozzi1972 6 місяців тому

    Marvellous......

  • @borispider
    @borispider 13 днів тому

    It works also with f(c+x) + f(c-x) = d (==> d = -1 and c = 6)

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID 8 місяців тому +1

    I had two ways of doing it. First was to note that the expansion could be written as the the difference of two squares at the top and bottom. Hence you get ((4-c)^2-x^2)/((2c-4)^2-4x^2). Now note that we have a dividend of the form A-x^2 and a divisor of the form B-4x^2 where A & B are constants. In order for that to be invariant with the value of X, then we need to pull out a common factor 4 from the divisor so it is of the form 4(B/4-x^2). As the dividend is of the form A-x^2, it can be seen that this division will only produce a constant when B/4 = A or, re-arranged, that B = 4A.
    As A=(4-c^2) and B=(2c-4)^2, then (2c-4)^2 =4(4-c)^2. Expanding gives us 4c^2-16c+16=64-32C+4c^2. Simplify, and we get 16c=48, or c=3. Substitute that into the formula earlier and you find d=1/4.
    The other way is to differentiate the expanded expression with respect to x and you find that the gradient will be 0 when 2(c-3)=0, or c=3. Which amounts to much the same thing.

  • @surendrakverma555
    @surendrakverma555 6 місяців тому

    Very good. Thanks 👍

  • @johnmatthew9253
    @johnmatthew9253 8 місяців тому +1

    that was awesome!

  • @user-zv6fk4ed1o
    @user-zv6fk4ed1o 6 місяців тому +1

    Вы молодчина.

  • @ramunasstulga8264
    @ramunasstulga8264 8 місяців тому

    How to evaluate logarithm inside a logarithm? For example log_0.8(log_144(288×3^[1÷2]))? _0.8 is the base and _144 is also the base. Using calculator the outcome is -1 but I don't want to always use a calculator for this kind of questions 😭

  • @theupson
    @theupson 8 місяців тому

    i used the same reasoning as euclids lemma to infer that (x+c-2) divides either (x+c-4) or (x-c+4). 2nd edit: fundamental theorem of algebra does this for us.

  • @user-qy2lx3rt7y
    @user-qy2lx3rt7y 8 місяців тому

    Mind Blown

  • @Jari1973
    @Jari1973 8 місяців тому +1

    Really great.. Also suggestions for answers..
    But isn't the solution to this based on memory, you Only remember how to do the solution??

  • @BarrieHughes
    @BarrieHughes 8 місяців тому

    Good solution

  • @Nathan-ix9ov
    @Nathan-ix9ov 8 місяців тому +2

    Professor can you please suggest some books which helps drastically for IMO preparation ( not SOF)

  • @carlosangulo2888
    @carlosangulo2888 8 місяців тому

    Very interesting. Thx.

  • @SuperAnouri
    @SuperAnouri 6 місяців тому

    don't need expand at bottom of video. rule is c-4 = c - 2 or c - 4 = -(c-2)

  • @wildwillberry
    @wildwillberry 8 місяців тому

    I tried this using variable substitutions for the two function inputs, t = c - x and u = c + x. This results in t = -u. I multiplied f(x) f(-x) and then solved for d and got d = 1/4. This is only works if c = 0 is also a solution. Am I missing something?

  • @ahnafhasankhan2781
    @ahnafhasankhan2781 8 місяців тому +3

    2nd

  • @zakinaqvi998
    @zakinaqvi998 5 місяців тому

    The extreme right side is entirely invisible in the video.

  • @harrymetu2746
    @harrymetu2746 8 місяців тому +2

    First!!❤

  • @user-yd4ky5vb3w
    @user-yd4ky5vb3w 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for an other video....

  • @thiagodonascimento7926
    @thiagodonascimento7926 8 місяців тому

    I don't get how you found d. Where does this x^2 = 1 come from, and why can you compare those coefficients?

  • @cliffordabrahamonyedikachi8175
    @cliffordabrahamonyedikachi8175 7 місяців тому

    C equals to 3.
    D equals to 1/4.

  • @abdullahbarish8204
    @abdullahbarish8204 8 місяців тому

    Amazing

  • @richardbraakman7469
    @richardbraakman7469 8 місяців тому +2

    I made a transcription error from one line to the next and ended up deep in very complicated expressions. Do you have any advice for avoiding such errors?

    • @isaiaholaru5013
      @isaiaholaru5013 8 місяців тому +1

      Read the question, write down the first line of your working, then read it again, making sure to match your signs and values. With enough practice, this only takes a few seconds with the back-and-forth

    • @theupson
      @theupson 8 місяців тому +2

      take smaller steps. if your expressions completely changes appearance between lines, because you're doing a bunch of simplifying in your head as you go, errors are both likelier to happen and harder to notice. if you for instance do distributing in one step and combining like terms in another, as you are contemplating the _next_ step it's easy to quickly check for bugs in the _last_ step.

  • @domanicmarcus2176
    @domanicmarcus2176 8 місяців тому

    Can you please prove it, by checking your answer? Plug in the value for "c" and then FOIL {(f(3+x)with f(3-x)} and see if you get 1/4

  • @iMvJ27
    @iMvJ27 8 місяців тому

    Q.) A value of x satisfying 85x ≡ 45(mod 15) is
    35
    10
    25
    15
    How to solve such question sir ??

    • @annacerbara4257
      @annacerbara4257 8 місяців тому

      x=3k k=1,2,3 ... so the solution is x=15.

  • @playgirl7305
    @playgirl7305 8 місяців тому

    What if f(x) male and f(c+x) *f(c-x) =d
    when c is female?
    Would 'd' be male or female child.

  • @user-if5do8md6n
    @user-if5do8md6n 8 місяців тому

    thanks sir

  • @Shirobanasumire
    @Shirobanasumire 8 місяців тому

    But what happens if ( C - 4 )² is not equal to ( C - 2 ) ² when you compare coefficients ?

    • @blackovich
      @blackovich 8 місяців тому

      It cannot happen if the original equation was true.

  • @Ron_DeForest
    @Ron_DeForest 8 місяців тому

    I have one for you. 2^x + 3^x = 4^x

  • @comdo777
    @comdo777 8 місяців тому

    asnwer=1.-1 isit

  • @donaldjosearguellovilchez
    @donaldjosearguellovilchez 8 місяців тому

    Mal video muy oscuro y no se ve nada

  • @daacosta
    @daacosta 8 місяців тому

    Meh...

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    @GPSPYHGPSPYH-ds7gu 8 місяців тому

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