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#1 2009-06-23 00:12:05

great_math
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Registered: 2008-10-07
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Find p:

Find the values of p for which the equation

has a solution

Last edited by great_math (2009-06-23 00:12:49)

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#2 2009-06-23 02:52:14

soroban
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Registered: 2007-03-09
Posts: 452

Re: Find p:




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#3 2009-06-23 05:11:26

mathsyperson
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Registered: 2005-06-22
Posts: 4,900

Re: Find p:

Sorry soroban, but it should actually be


And that doesn't really simplify things.


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#4 2009-06-23 06:11:56

Kurre
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Registered: 2006-07-18
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Re: Find p:

use the formula on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trig_identities#Linear_combinations

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