Alecdude
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:36 PM |
Solve for x.
1/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ... = y,
FOOTNOTE: 'x' is a variable. |
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:37 PM |
IMPOSSIBLE! Becuase you don't know the value of "..." |
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Alecdude
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:38 PM |
| ... means the problem repeats. |
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Zarola
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Alecdude
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:40 PM |
Yes, you do. y = If 1/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ...
And '...' means the problem's syntax repeats. |
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MrT123
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:49 PM |
| you cant solve that right off your head you need to write it down and work with it... i'll have the answer in an hour XD |
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:55 PM |
| you don't know both variables, so do we have to solve in terms of y? |
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Alecdude
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| 29 Nov 2008 07:56 PM |
Alright, jesus. None of you can figure it out, so the answer is:
x = y. |
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Mindraker
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| 29 Nov 2008 08:26 PM |
| Isn't that Xeno's paradox? Or Zeno's paradox? However you spell it? |
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| 29 Nov 2008 08:30 PM |
1/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ... = y 0/2x +1/2(1/2x + 1/2(1/2x +1/2(1/2x + ... = 1/2y ---------------------------------------- 1/2x = 1/2 y so x=y |
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| 29 Nov 2008 08:42 PM |
I NO THE ANSWER x=y WHERE'S MAH TAWKOE?! |
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| 29 Nov 2008 08:46 PM |
| I don't know,3 1/2?Or maybe potato.Could be carrots.No!Noodles! |
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MrT123
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| 29 Nov 2008 10:47 PM |
| OMG its x=y...its a frigin paradox.. for people who look at it and say its hard... well look at teh pattern:p |
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| 29 Nov 2008 11:03 PM |
| Heres your answer Its x/y. Thats as far as you can do the problem |
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Link1001
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| 29 Nov 2008 11:08 PM |
thats a small segment of the rhyman zeta hypothises were did you get this? do you know how important this is?! |
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Link1001
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| 29 Nov 2008 11:09 PM |
| oh and another thing you may think its impossible but x eqauls 5 its verry simple actualy |
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maddya13
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| 29 Nov 2008 11:11 PM |
no we can not at the end of this the answer i'll probably be 1 |
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MrT123
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| 30 Nov 2008 04:28 PM |
| it's not x=5 or 1... in this problem X=Y!!!! if u stare at it for a couple hours you will get it. |
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| 30 Nov 2008 04:34 PM |
| Like anyone's going to stare at it for an hour! |
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