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OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

Plz help with these questions to see if im right

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

we have to determine if the equation has real or imaginary solutions by solving

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

@jim_thompson5910 @surjithayer

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

show what you have so far

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

Well i only have the first one and i said it was a real soultions

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes that first one definitely has 2 real solutions. Were you able to find the actual solutions?

OpenStudy (thecatman):

with the 3rd equation start by subtracting 9 to get (x^2=-6)

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

yea well i didi have it written down

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

ok show us your work please

OpenStudy (thecatman):

the soluion would come out to a decimal if you work the rest out thats your hint for question 3

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

x= ± 2 21−−√ 7 x≈1.30930734,−1.30930734

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

thats all i havee for number 1

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

for number two i have this hold on

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

x=±i6√

OpenStudy (thecatman):

i say spot one because of the simplification it checks out

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

so i think number two is imaginary soutions bevause of the i in the answer

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

#2 does have imaginary (aka non real) solutions but it's not x=±i6√

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

What is it

OpenStudy (thecatman):

then again i am shorting out from the day i had at school with 3 tests so im good for a few helpings tonight

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

after you distributed, what did you get?

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

i just put it in a math solver

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

OpenStudy (thecatman):

0 doennt equal -3

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

oh, so you're working on #3 then

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

nope still 2nd

OpenStudy (thecatman):

im worked out the second one and got 0=-3 and thats not possible

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

i'm referring to this one as the second (since you posted it second) http://assets.openstudy.com/updates/attachments/56020960e4b0ad22e8a696f9-geekfromthefutur-1442974199899-win_20150922_220854.jpg

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

Ohhh sorry my bad yea we are working on the 3rd one my bad

OpenStudy (thecatman):

square root 6

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

How would i write this in two little lines catman

OpenStudy (thecatman):

sorry my pc just crashed but it restarts fast

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

ok

OpenStudy (thecatman):

you round the decimal to the nearest hundreth

OpenStudy (thecatman):

so it would be 2.45 instead of 2.449

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

ok

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

Wait what decimal

OpenStudy (thecatman):

the square root of 6

OpenStudy (thecatman):

is not a whole number

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

2.44948974278

OpenStudy (thecatman):

but instead it would be 2.45 as you round the 9 to the 2.44 to a 2.45. note you cannot round up a if the number behind it is less than five for example if the number was 32 it cannot be rounded to 40 it would round down to 30

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

ok and what about the next problem

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

you mean #3?

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

yea

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

if you subtract 9 from both sides, you'd get x^2 = -6 taking the square root of both sides leads to what your solver got

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

ok x=i,−i

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

so imaginary

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

no it should be \[\Large x = \pm i*\sqrt{6}\]

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

oh ok

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

Real quick @jim_thompson5910 this went for this one?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

oh, I see now yes, the solution to that one is definitely x = i or x = -i

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

So what we went over was for this one

OpenStudy (geekfromthefutur):

but the one you said it should be that was for the middle one

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yeah the solution to #2 is x = i or x = -i

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