hi,
i have trouble solving this. any help will be appreciated :
3radical sign (x+y) = c^8
what is x+y ?[/quote]
radical sign question
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I'm pretty sure that the answer is not x+y=c^18 unless you typed the question incorrectly. May I know the source of this question?
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Oh, okay. This makes a lot more sense nowas i cant type the radical sign the qn seems awkward.
in fact its not 3*sqrt(x+y), the three is on the left of sqrt on the sqrt sign.
So the question is really:
cubic root of (x+y)= c^8
All we do here is take the cube of both sides:
x+y=(c^8)^(3)=c^24... It still doesn't match the OA. Why's this?
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I agree - are you sure that the original question didn't read c^6 instead of c^8?truplayer256 wrote:Oh, okay. This makes a lot more sense nowas i cant type the radical sign the qn seems awkward.
in fact its not 3*sqrt(x+y), the three is on the left of sqrt on the sqrt sign.
So the question is really:
cubic root of (x+y)= c^8
All we do here is take the cube of both sides:
x+y=(c^8)^(3)=c^24... It still doesn't match the OA. Why's this?
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