i should be able to do this one now:
(1) |3y - 1| + |2y- 3| > 5
but i'm getting stuck...?
answer: y< -1, y >3/5
i used |a| = a^(2/2)
squared both sides etc, got to
(3y - 1)^2 - (2y - 3)^2 > 25 - 10 (2y - 3)^ (2/2)
i expanded and simplified RHS & brought the 25 over to the RHS getting
5y^2 - 18y - 33 > - 10 |2y - 3|
then i tried finding the 3 solutions for (2y - 3) but they all turn out wrong ?
(2) how do u find the range of y = 1/(x^2-1) algebraically?
answer: y>0 and y</= -1
i tried making x the subject, but i'm getting the wrong answer...
(3)
y = |x|/x^2 can be written as
y = |x|/|x|^2.
Cancel common factor |x| to obtain
y = 1/|x| = |1/x|
Hence both branches are above the x-axis.
y = 1/|x| = |1/x| <-- how does that work?
& wouldn't you still say
when x > 0
y = 1/x
when x < 0
y = -1/x
?
(4) Find:
lim (2Öx)/(x-1)
x -> ¥
(5) how do you graph an hyperbola/asymptote? :-(
eg. y = (x + 1) / (x^2 - 1)
- what steps do i need to take?
i found domain x=/= 1, -1
and y =/= 0
how do i know its a hyperbola in all three sections of the plane? (after dividing up into x>1, x<1 and -1<x<1)
i mean, how do i know its not a parabola in the middle section and a hyperbola in the other two or something??
Asymptotes are quite problematic
thats an understatment. uf.