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Brilliant_brown [7]
3 years ago
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Simplify 25^ - 1/2 Please explain! I know the answer is 1/5 but why?

Mathematics
1 answer:
lisov135 [29]3 years ago
3 0

(25)^{-\frac{1}{2} }

When the exponent is negative, you have to make the number a fraction(1 over the number).

For example:

25^{-2} = \frac{1}{25^{2} }

x^{-1} =\frac{1}{x^{1}  }

This gets rid of the negative, but it leaves the exponent

(25)^{-\frac{1}{2}}  = \frac{1}{25^{1/2}}

When an exponent is a fraction, it is the square root.

For example:

x^{\frac{1}{3}} =  \sqrt[3]{x}

x^{\frac{1}{2}}  =\sqrt{x}

x^{\frac{1}{4}}=\sqrt[4]{x}

So...

\frac{1}{25^{1/2}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{25}  } = \frac{1}{5}

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Step-by-step explanation:

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(sin A) / a = (sin B) / b = (sin C) / c

Law of cosines is:

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Note that a, b, and c are interchangeable, so long as the angle in the cosine corresponds to the side on the left of the equation (for example, angle C is opposite of side c).

Also, angles of a triangle add up to 180° or π.

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Using angle shift property:

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Using angle sum/difference identity:

(sin B cos C − cos B sin C) / sin A

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(sin B cos C) / sin A − (cos B sin C) / sin A

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(b/a) cos C − (c/a) cos B

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b² = a² + c² − 2ac cos B

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2(c/a) cos B = 1 + (c/a)² − (b/a)²

(c/a) cos B = ½ + ½ (c/a)² − ½ (b/a)²

Substituting:

[ ½ + ½ (b/a)² − ½ (c/a)² ] − [ ½ + ½ (c/a)² − ½ (b/a)² ]

½ + ½ (b/a)² − ½ (c/a)² − ½ − ½ (c/a)² + ½ (b/a)²

(b/a)² − (c/a)²

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(ii) a (cos B + cos C)

a cos B + a cos C

From law of cosines, we know:

b² = a² + c² − 2ac cos B

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a cos C = 1/(2b) (a² + b² − c²)

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1/(2c) (a² + c² − b²) + 1/(2b) (a² + b² − c²)

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1/(2bc) (a²b + bc² − b³ + a²c + b²c − c³)

Rearrange:

1/(2bc) [a²b + a²c + bc² + b²c − (b³ + c³)]

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(b + c)/(2bc) (2bc + a² − b² − c²)

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(b + c)/(2bc) (2bc) + (b + c)/(2bc) (a² − b² − c²)

(b + c) + (b + c)/(2bc) (a² − b² − c²)

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a² = b² + c² − 2bc cos A

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cos A = (b² + c² − a²) / (2bc)

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From law of cosines, we know:

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Common denominator:

(ab + ac) (b² + c² − a²) / (2abc) + (ab + bc) (a² + c² − b²) / (2abc) + (ac + bc) (a² + b² − c²) / (2abc)

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