DrToddMatthews
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I'm enrolled in a calculus class at City Colleges of Chicago; it's a community college math course.
I have a solution to a review problem, but I can't seem to simplify it.
The problem is to "Find a function h(P) that inputs the perimeter of a right triangle with area 25 ft^2 and outputs the length of the hypotenuse".
I won't bother to type all of my steps, but if you need to see them please let me know. My function does work for all of the test values that I tried. Here is my function:
h(P)=3P/4-25/P-1/(4P) times the square root of (P^4-600P^2+10000) minus 200P/(P^2+100 plus the square root of (P^4-600P+10000))
All of my attempts to simplify this function have actually made things worse, not better.
I have a solution to a review problem, but I can't seem to simplify it.
The problem is to "Find a function h(P) that inputs the perimeter of a right triangle with area 25 ft^2 and outputs the length of the hypotenuse".
I won't bother to type all of my steps, but if you need to see them please let me know. My function does work for all of the test values that I tried. Here is my function:
h(P)=3P/4-25/P-1/(4P) times the square root of (P^4-600P^2+10000) minus 200P/(P^2+100 plus the square root of (P^4-600P+10000))
All of my attempts to simplify this function have actually made things worse, not better.