I wish that I could read your handwriting. But alas I cannot.This is the equation I am trying to solve:
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The way I solved it it yelds three results, not two. Why so?
Here's how I solved it:
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Thanks to anyone who will help
These problems, with absolute value, can have extra solutions. Thus you will have to check whether some solutions need to be "discarded".This is the equation I am trying to solve:
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The way I solved it it yelds three results, not two. Why so?
Here's how I solved it:
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Thanks to anyone who will help
Your first case assumes that the expression inside the absolute value is non-negative, which requires that [imath]x\ge 2[/imath] or [imath]x\le 1[/imath]. Since 3 satisfies that, it is a valid solution.This is the equation I am trying to solve:
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The way I solved it it yelds three results, not two. Why so?
Here's how I solved it:
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Thanks to anyone who will help