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Math question! please help if possible.

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captaincrunch
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ok so we're inversing functions in my precalc class.

the function looks like this: d=0.057x^2 (the "x^2" means X squared.)

and i want to inverse it, so it would look like x=0.057d^2, and then i would solve for x by taking the square root of the right-hand side of the equation.

my question is DO I SQUARE ROOT THE "0.057" also?

ANY help would be appreciated. im just sooooo rusty on my math after being out for two weeks with mono.

thanks guys.
Oct 18 2009 7:50PM
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pommes_vertes.
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nope.  divide by the .057 or whatever it was, and then square root.
Oct 18 2009 7:51PM
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ClownPrince
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This is right. The exponent only applies to the x, not the decimal. Divide both sides by the decimal first.
Oct 18 2009 7:55PM
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pommes_vertes.
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sorry for the double post, but i suppose i could have clarified more.  you'd divide both sides by .057, so you'd have

x/.057 = d^2

then square root the entirety of both sides, giving you

sqrt (x/.0570) = d

hope that helps.
Oct 18 2009 7:55PM
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Crack.
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don't you have to square root both sides though.

ex.

(I can't remember the numbers)

d=.057x^2

divide by .057

.057=x^2

in order to get rid of x^2 you have to square it, and you have to square root the other side.

so the answer is x=[squareroot].057
Oct 18 2009 7:57PM
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Crack.
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fuck wrong equation
Oct 18 2009 7:58PM
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pommes_vertes.
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essentially, except when you divided, you dropped the d out of the equation.
Oct 18 2009 7:58PM
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Crack.
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oh true. I get it now.

if only I could understand completing the square now
Oct 18 2009 7:59PM
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pommes_vertes.
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hah, yeah, a lot of people seem to have a mental block when it comes to completing the square.  feel free to pm me if you ever run into problems with it.  i'm a math major, so i hope i know it pretty well =P
Oct 18 2009 8:03PM
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kzrstf
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my highschool brain is bleeding
Oct 18 2009 8:22PM
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captaincrunch
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thanks everyone for the help. i really appreciate it.
i think i got it figured out.

...but FUCK this. gah i hate precalculus. only time in my life ive ever NOT enjoyed math.
Oct 18 2009 11:37PM
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chapz
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hhehe do you plan on taking any other cal based classes later on?

Oct 18 2009 11:43PM
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smooticus
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wait till you get to calculas. I mean i would say that pre calc is harder. But when you start calc your going to be like "what the fuck does any of this mean"
Oct 18 2009 11:44PM
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captaincrunch
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yeah i got you. i think the problem is just that we have to RELEARN EVERYTHING. its nuts. and then all this stupid shit about manipulating these functions. ugh this is so fucking stressful.
Oct 18 2009 11:52PM
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Crack.
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Haha sweet man! I will keep this in mind when I am struggling with homework haha.
Oct 19 2009 9:06PM
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prontocuts.com
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lol when I took pre calc it was the only class i got an A in. I pwned that shit
Oct 19 2009 9:09PM
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