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annador

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:08 pm


I am so confused, it's not even funny. I need help with algebra homework. Half the problems on the worksheet I don't know how to do. It's over factoring trinomials. Can someone explain how to do a problem like this? 8s^2 - 10st + 3t^2
(( ^2 meaning squared, of course.))
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:53 pm


It's some form of (s+t)(s+t)

Hmm... (___t)(___3t)

I think the answer is...

(8s - 3t)(s - t)

Ugh... no... because that ends up as 8s² - 11st + 3t²

Prince-I

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non-king 3mo

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:45 pm


I tried my best and the closest I could get was (-2s+2t)(-4s+t). It's not the answer....
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:58 pm


I wouldn't even have noticed this topic if it weren't for 3mo D:

Oh, and it's (4s - 3t)(2s - t). It's 3 hours late, so I'm not sure if that helped...

IvyStarling
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non-king 3mo

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:14 pm


Isn't that 8s^2 + 10st + 3t^2?
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:17 pm


It's 8s^2 - 10st + 3t^2.

4s * -t = -4st.

-3t * 2s = -6st.

-4st - 6st = -10st.

IvyStarling
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Prince-I

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:02 pm


Never was good at figuring that stuff out.

Fortunately, I'm beyond the parts, where you have to prove that certain things equal others by substituting different identities.

For example, sin²x + cos²x = 1
tan²x + 1 = sec²x
and cot²x + 1 = csc²x

From there, I have to prove that (1/csc²xtan²x) = cos²x
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:34 pm


Proving stuff is all right, but I like factoring better :]

IvyStarling
Crew


Zephynoir

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:48 am


I like basic math ^^ I remember when I was in HS, Iwas really good at all that complicated junk, but now I don't remember or use any of it ^^
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:48 pm


@Prince: Is that like proofs?

non-king 3mo


annador

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:41 pm


Ivy- THANK YOU!!! I lucked out, and we didn't grade it today. So I have the weekend to try to finish it. XD

Prince- ... I'm not even going to attempt to understand that..

3mo- thanks for attempting it. It was still so much closer than anything I was coming up with sweatdrop
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:04 pm


non-king 3mo
@Prince: Is that like proofs?


Not like geometry proofs. You just have to tweak one side of the equation to look like the other.

Much better than geometry proofs.

IvyStarling
Crew


Holy d-dog

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:49 pm


Oh your on that to guhhh hate math, and how is it that i hate so much i get a A in it, it is so crazy.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:34 pm


IvyStarling
non-king 3mo
@Prince: Is that like proofs?


Not like geometry proofs. You just have to tweak one side of the equation to look like the other.

Much better than geometry proofs.

^ That.

Also factoring things like tan²x - 2secx + 2 = 0

Of course, that's one of the easier problems to factor, because tan²x = sec²x - 1, so sec²x - 2secx + 2 - 1 = 0, which factors into (secx - 1)(secx - 1), er something (I just made this problem up), so secx = 1, which means cosx = 1, and therefore x = 0°

I'm sure Ivy knows all of what I'm doing, because she's easily smarter than I am when it somes to math.

We also have gotten into the law of sines and cosines. I dun feel like typing the law of sines out, but cosines is:

c² = a² + b² - 2(a)(b)cosC

The worst problems we're doing now (that are beyond old, and I just hate doing) are the RMT = J problems, where you get how many people can do a job, how long it takes the, and how many jobs they do in that time, and you figure out how much time it would take is they needed to do x jobs in y less hours.

Ugh, I never remember how to do those.

Oh, which reminds me of our test today, which was cake. I was the first one done, with 5 minutes to spare before anyone else got up to hand in their test. I'm really fast when it comes to math, I just hate doing it. The two coupled means that I get the test done fast without really caring about my efficiency. Enough about me, what about you?

Prince-I

Dapper Elocutionist

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