Math question at job interview

filipwa

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I went for a job interview for an engineering position. There was a test and one of the questions was the following:

Show that x"(t)x(t)=0.5x'(t)^2.

Can anyone explain to me how this is done?

Cheers!
 
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I went for a job interview for an engineering position. There was a test and one of the questions was the following:

Show that x"(t)x(t)=0.5x'(t).

Can anyone explain to me how this is done?

Cheers!

In the absence of any other information, this question does not make sense to me.....
 
I went for a job interview for an engineering position. There was a test and one of the questions was the following:

Show that x"(t)x(t)=0.5x'(t).

Can anyone explain to me how this is done?

Cheers!

As Subhotosh Khan said. What if x(t)=t, then obviously it it not a true statement.
 
As Subhotosh Khan said. What if x(t)=t, then obviously it it not a true statement.

Sorry, the last part of the right hand side disappeared. Should have been x"(t)x(t)=0.5x'(t)^2. Edited and corrected.

As pointed out, if x(t)=t it can not be true. But if e.g. x(t)=t^2 it would be.
 
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