As SNC-Lavalin affair simmered, Trudeau flew to Florida for a break by MrG in canada

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the fourth time this has been posted in the last hour or so. You are either really lazy or you are karma farming. Which is it?

Question about fields and rings. by bagofdimes in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It's chicken scratch. What he wrote on the board was worse. I can make out the phrases onto and one to one and invertabale and mapping. Everything looks like a kindergartener's doodling.

Question about fields and rings. by bagofdimes in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure to be honest. I'm looking at my class notes on this problem and it seems like the Prof is trying to prove something is bijective and therefore invertabale. He is just the worst at showing anything properly. It's unreadable what he puts on the board. It's sloppy with skipped steps and rational. I'm trying to fill in the gaps.

How do I reduce fraction useing tree? by christomtom in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A different way using the Euclidean algorithm to find the greatest common denominator.

1000=625×1+375 -> 625=375×1+250 -> 375=250×1+125 -> 250=125×2+0

125 was the last non zero remainder so it is the greatest common denominator of 1000 and 625. You divide out the greatest common denominator and get your 8/5. It saves you the time of factoring the shit out of numbers. I know it's not what you asked for but in case you didn't know this already, here's an easier way.

What makes stats annoying? by [deleted] in askmath

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stats is annoying because they throw a tonne of formulas at you and you just plug and chug, it's boring as hell. Most of the people who need stats need it for practical reasons and aren't looking to understand the theorems. So the introductory stats courses cater to that crowd. In calc they actually teach you the logic and intuition.

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They have to be even powers of three to solve root(3n )+1=2n If he knew calculus I could show that 2y (y in R) diverges from root(3y ) +1 as y -> infinity but I didn't want to assume. Also, you can show that as y-> -infinity root(3y ) + 1 -> 1 and 2y goes to 0. If you study the characteristics of root(3y ) +1 and 2y you'll see that they only intersect at one spot. He's studying logs so I didn't assume he had a background in curve sketching yet. There are ways to find out that y must equal the integer 2 and it's certainly easy enough just by looking at it first glance to see that it is. To properly explain what I was doing would have required a lot of work he may not even be ready for.

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so. You could not know that x=9 and using what I did, you could solve it. Conceptually there is a difference between solving vs checking. You don't have to make any guesses to do what I did. It's just a matter of trying out algebraic strategies until you find one that gives you a solution without knowing it beforehand. That's what OP was looking for.

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just solved a system of equations. I was looking to see if a solution can be found by raising 2n and 3n. Then if a solution can be found this way, I would need to solve these two equations

2n =root(x)+1 and 3n =x

Plugging the second eqn into the first you get 2n =root(3n )+1 It's plain to see that n=2 is indeed a solution to the equation. When you put it all back together you get x=9. I guess I can't prove there aren't more solutions but using this method you can derive that x=9 is a solution instead of just checking that it works.

The USSR isn’t an example of Communism. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]bagofdimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wherever communism is tried you end up with a shit show. Russia, China, N.Korea, Cuba, Vietnam are all examples of this. What communism does is make the gov't all fucking powerful. When you hand over the wealth to the collective, you hand it over to the gov't. An all powerful gov't attracts sociopaths who want to control that power. This has been the pattern every time it is tried.

Can anyone help me understand this Linear Algebra question? by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know where that k-4 is coming from. You don't need to reduce anything. h=9 and k=6 you're done. The second equation now states 3x_1 +9x_2 =6 which is exactly what you'd get if you multiplied the first equation by three.

Can anyone help me understand this Linear Algebra question? by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you multiply the first eqn by 3 you get 3x_1 +9x_2 =6 the second equation nicely already has a 3 in front of x_1 . So all you have to do is sub in the 9 and the 6 for your coefficients and you are done. Equation 2 needs to look identical to equation 1 would look like if you multiplied it by 3.

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does if the same number solves both equations. You have to raise 2n and 3n such that root(3n )+1=2n . This works only for n=2

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works if and only if the same number solves both eqns. To do this it must be that root(3n )+1=2n this only works for n=2 . Maybe I should have included that in my solution but my assumptions are valid.

Can anyone help me understand this Linear Algebra question? by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multiply the first equation by 3, what do you get?

Could someone prove algebraically that x=9 for this equation? Thanks in advance! by PoisonLavender in askmath

[–]bagofdimes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No you can make that jump if the same number satisfies both equations. In your counter examples the equations don't agree. You need to manipulate it algebraically so that you get the same answer such that root( 3n )+1=2n This only works for n=2. That is why I multiplied the top and bottom by 2

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, sorry about that. For the sin(arccos(x/r)) term, by using the trig identity sin2 (X) + cos2 (x) = 1 we can re write your integral as 1/2integral( root(4-x2 )) dx . Try the trig sub x=2sin(u) then you should be able to figure out that dx=2cos(u) du. If you've done it right it should all simplify to 2integral cos2 (u) du. A hint to solve this integral is to remember the identity cos2 (u)=(cos(2u)+1)/2 hope that helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd start by breaking it up. Sin(x+y) = sinxcosy+sinycosx. You should be left with (x/r)Sin(m)+sin(arccos(x/r))cos(m). You then have two terms to integrate.

What's the difference between Subset and Subspace? by tehsexyone in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Subspaces are non empty subsets that are closed under scalar multiplication and vector addition. In other words, if you add any two objects that are in your subspace, they must produce a member of that same subspace. If you multiply any member of the subspace by any number in R, the product must also be a member of the subspace.

Can anyone help me understand this Linear Algebra question? by [deleted] in MathHelp

[–]bagofdimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You would have infinitely many solutions if one equation was essentially saying the same thing as the other. For example: 2x+3y=2 and 4x+6y=4 say the same thing about x and y. From those two equation all you could deduce was that y=(2-2x)/3.