Showing posts with label Algebra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Algebra. Show all posts
Sunday, July 2, 2017
HOMEWORK HELP
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Mixture Problem in Mathematics
(Mula sa http://www.purplemath.com/modules/mixture.htm ang halimbawa)
Ang mixture problem sa Math ay itinuturing na mahirap na sagutin ng mga mag-aaral. Ngunit kung pag-aaralan lamang mabuti at maraming pagsasanay, napakadali ng problemang ito. Tunghayan ang halimbawa sa ibaba.
Suppose you work in a lab. You need a 15% acid solution for a certain test, but your supplier only ships a 10% solution and a 30% solution. Rather than pay the hefty surcharge to have the supplier make a 15% solution, you decide to mix 10% solution with 30%solution, to make your own 15% solution. You need 10 liters of the 15% acid solution. How many liters of 10% solution and 30% solution should you use?
Let x stand for the number of liters of 10% solution, and let y stand for the number of liters of 30%solution. (The labeling of variables is, in this case, very important, because "x" and "y" are not at all suggestive of what they stand for. If we don't label, we won't be able to interpret our answer in the end.) For mixture problems, it is often very helpful to do a grid:
Nakatutulong na mabuti ang pagsasaayos ng mga elemento sa isang grid tulad nito:
Ang mixture problem sa Math ay itinuturing na mahirap na sagutin ng mga mag-aaral. Ngunit kung pag-aaralan lamang mabuti at maraming pagsasanay, napakadali ng problemang ito. Tunghayan ang halimbawa sa ibaba.
Suppose you work in a lab. You need a 15% acid solution for a certain test, but your supplier only ships a 10% solution and a 30% solution. Rather than pay the hefty surcharge to have the supplier make a 15% solution, you decide to mix 10% solution with 30%solution, to make your own 15% solution. You need 10 liters of the 15% acid solution. How many liters of 10% solution and 30% solution should you use?
Let x stand for the number of liters of 10% solution, and let y stand for the number of liters of 30%solution. (The labeling of variables is, in this case, very important, because "x" and "y" are not at all suggestive of what they stand for. If we don't label, we won't be able to interpret our answer in the end.) For mixture problems, it is often very helpful to do a grid:
Nakatutulong na mabuti ang pagsasaayos ng mga elemento sa isang grid tulad nito:
liters sol'n | percent acid | total liters acid | |
10% sol'n | x | 0.10 | 0.10x |
30% sol'n | y | 0.30 | 0.30y |
mixture | x + y = 10 | 0.15 | (0.15)(10) = 1.5 |
liters sol'n | percent acid | liters acid | |
10% sol'n | 10 – y | 0.10 | 0.10(10 – y) |
30% sol'n | y | 0.30 | 0.30y |
mixture | x + y = 10 | 0.15 | (0.15)(10) = 1.5 |
- 0.10(10 – y) + 0.30y = 1.5 1 – 0.10y + 0.30y = 1.5 1 + 0.20y = 1.5 0.20y = 0.5 y = 0.5/0.20 = 2.5
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Quadratic Equation: Completing the Square
One way of solving for x in a quadratic equation is by completing the square. Here's how:
x^2 + 6x - 7 = 0 ===> ax^2 +bx + c = 0
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1) Move the constant to the right side. In the equation above, the constant is 7. You can do this by adding the negative value of the constant on both sides of the equation;
x^2 + 6x -7 + (+7) = 0 + (+7)
x^2 + 6x = 7
2) Take half the value of the x-term or b ( 6).
6/2 = 3
3) Square it.
3^2 = 9
4) Add the result to both sides.
x^2 + 6x + 9 = 7 + 9
5) Convert the left side to squared form and simplify the right side.
( x + 3)^2 = 16
6) Take the square root of both sides.
x + 3 = +/- 4
7) Solve for x
x + 3 = 4
x = 4 - 3
x = 1
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x + 3 = -4
x = -4 - 3
x = -7
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Answers:
x = 1 and -7
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