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by heshamelaziry » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:15 pm
sqrt x + sqrty/x-y = 2(sqrtx +sqrty)/(sqrtx+sqrty)^2

sqrtx + sqrty/x-y = 2/ (sqrtx +sqrty)

1/x-y = 2 / 1

x-y = 1/2 from here I GUESS the ratio is 1/2 .
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by Abdulla » Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:33 pm
heshamelaziry wrote:sqrt x + sqrty/x-y = 2(sqrtx +sqrty)/(sqrtx+sqrty)^2

sqrtx + sqrty/x-y = 2/ (sqrtx +sqrty)

1/x-y = 2 / 1

x-y = 1/2 from here I GUESS the ratio is 1/2 .
Unfortunately no :)

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by heshamelaziry » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:06 pm
Iw as on the right track, but messed up the denominator in the left fraction.
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by Abdulla » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:08 pm
heshamelaziry wrote:Iw as on the right track, but messed up the denominator in the left fraction.
Good job..
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