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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Please help.. Evaluate..
PS: Credits will be given.. :*
12 years ago
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
okay
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
What is the equation?
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
or problem
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[(\sqrt{x+h}) - \sqrt{x}\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
simplify :)
12 years ago
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OpenStudy (the_fizicx99):
Um, did you miss something?
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
there is nothing to simpify, but i bet it might be
\[\frac{\sqrt{x+h}-\sqrt{x}}{h}\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Uh.. thanks.. @satellite73
How did you know there's an h in the denominator?
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
just a lucky guess is all
am i right?
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
gimmick is to multiply top and bottom by the conjugate of the numerator
in no way is this "simplifying" it is just rewriting it
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\frac{\sqrt{x+h}-\sqrt{x}}{h}\times \frac{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x}}\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
the numerator then is easy to deal with , it is
\[\frac{x+h-x}{h(\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x})}\] then combine like terms to get
\[\frac{h}{h(\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x})}\] and finally cancel the \(h\)
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Ah, I see.
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\frac{ (\frac{ 1 }{ \sqrt{(x+h)+h} + \sqrt{x+h} }) - (\frac{ 1 }{\sqrt{x+h}+\sqrt{x} }) }{ h }\]
12 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):
HOW ABOUT THIS?
12 years ago
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OpenStudy (the_fizicx99):
\(\ \dfrac{h}{h} \times \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x + h} + \sqrt{x}} \)
12 years ago
OpenStudy (the_fizicx99):
\(\ \dfrac{h}{h}\) is just 1, as satellite said the h's would cancel out
12 years ago
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