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Alright well I wanted to tell you you officially become my hero when you made that post disputing all the sequence problems (that one that went 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,__ and the comic started talking some geometric gibberish and primes from n2−11n+1 or something).
So, is there a general way to simply say NO to all those sequence problems by proving that there are multiple answers? Please share! RIGHT HERE!
I'd like to know what it means, or what you think it means.
I like big-idea quotes, but a lot of times I observe that people who came up with them have completely different explanations and justifications to the relative respects of applications for which the quote applies; so I thought I'd hear you out :)
Well, in Mathematics we are constantly trying to generalize out things. Even though Mathematicians are very intelligent, a discovery is valued higher if it can be utilised without intelligent thought.
For example, I'd say that the method of solving an equation by using the quadratic formula is a 'better' discovery than the method of middle term factorisation because that can make anyone solve a quadratic equation - even without understanding what it means!
Whitehead was a great philosopher and mathematician, I believe; he worked alongside the great Bertrand Russell in writing the Principia Mathematica. And then he went insane.
Have a poor doubt - Why do we take the axes always perpendicular . Is it so because we are treating it as 2 independent scales, if they are at an angle then there would be a projection of one on other , making it perpendicular , it has its projection on its own thus making it independent @Agnishom Chattopadhyay
A fool, no questioner is. By asking, wiser he becomes. -Yoda
It is not a poor doubt. It is a good question.
Projections are dependent upon the direction you look from. You usually project an inclined vector on the x-axis by dropping its perpendicular because you're interested in 'splitting it into orthogonal components'.
When your axes are inclined at an angle θ, you'd be not be dropping perpendiculars. You'd be dropping components that touch the other axes at θ.
Ok, your main question is whether it'd be possible to have axes not perpendicular to each other without breaking things.
The answer is yes, you'd still be able to represent each point uniquely.
Look at the following theorem:
Statement Given any two non-collinear vectors A and B, and another vector C, all on the same plane, there exists unique scalars a and b such that aA + bB = C
Proof Suppose not. Then, we'd have scalars x and y that'd give me xA+ yB = C.
By hypothesis, we have: aA + bB = xA + yB
Or, aA - xA = yB - bB
Or, (a-x)A = (y-b)B
Or, ((a-x)/(y-b))A = B
So, it looks like there is a scalar which when multiplied with the first vector, gives the second vector. That is only possible if the two vectors shared the same direction.
But wait, we defined our vectors to be in different directions. Contradiction!
So, a and b must be unique.
You could think of the coordinates of the point as a position vector, just like C and compare A and B with the axes.
Now, you should be able to see that how the theorem still holds.
Okay, a picture to make it look believable.
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Is there a good reason to choose 2π as the angle between the axes?
There are many. The most important one of them is that it allows us to use the pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points immediately.
my answer - limx→∞1x=Thusnotdefined correct answer was 1! where I was wrong?
2) While evaluating limits get these forms(this only we do in 11th - 12th) - 00,∞∞ , we then differentiate the numerator independently and the denominator too, was the meaning of this?
3) What e ? ( I know its euler's constant)
4) You know any logical idea for this - In integration we integrate the integrand(which is the derivative of a well defined function) , now just next step we are studied Application of integrals i.e Area bounded by the curves , here we directly integrate the function, ( I know the geometrical proof of this, but I think you will have a better one)
limx→∞f(x)g(x) where limx→∞f(x)=1limx→∞g(x)=∞ and is an indeterminate form. What this means is that, the limit cannot be calculated straight away from this expression. It conceals a value within. It is not necessarily undefined.
For Example,
n→∞lim(1+n1)n=e≈2.718281828459045
1∞ is not defined. This is because infinity is not really a real number. It is a limiting idea.
Now, for that limit, it evaluates to 1 (for obvious reasons). This can be rigorously proven or shown with a graph.
You should think of limits as a graph/function approaching a value, not an abstract algebraic operation.
By directly integrate i mean (take this eg)- a2x2+b2y2=1
Now for finding the area , we find a expression for y from the equation and A=4(∫ydx)
I was just asking for a alternative proof(I liked very much your reasoning in the note - An informal yet conceptual note on derivatives) , leave 3 as its related to past
For 2) I was asking what do we mean by this tangentoff(b)tangentoff(a)orrateofchangeoff(b)rateofchangeoff(a)
I do not know of an absolute intuitive explanation for this. However, if you want a geometric proof of the argument, see this.
I will write a note on it. What past? e stands for eternal
I'll try to explain two things but I am not sure what you are exactly asking for.
Explanation 1: Suppose that f is the derivative of F. Now, this would mean that f gives the change in the height of the F curve for a small change in its x-coordinate (which we call dx). Now, since fdx gives back the height for that part (because slope*change-in-x = change in y, it must equal dF.
By integration what we mean summing up the small parts, which is why we use the ∫ sign which is actually a distorted S.
So, it must be that ∫dF=F since F constitutes of the small parts of F. but we just saw that dF=fdx. So, we have F=∫fdx
This is why you find the anti-derivative while integrating indefinitely. The theorem which shows that summing up the small parts is the same as finding the anti-derivative is called the Funamental Theorem of Calculus.
Explanation 2: I could fill up the area under the curve like this.
integration
The picture should make it clear why a thinner strip works better.
Now, note that each infinitesimally small strip is a rectangle of width dx and height equal to the value of the function at that point which is f(x) and thus an area of f(x)dx.
As explained earlier, we want to integrate or sum up all the small strips to get the area. So, the area under the curve in the interval [a,b] is ∣∫abf(x)dx∣
@megh choksi , please tell me if this is what you were looking for.
@megh choksi - I have attempted to answer your "why we differentiate" question and heres what i got, just check it out.
Note that it is not very rigorious or perhaps even entirely correct, and i suggest you to check out the proof of L'hospital which comes from Rolles theorem,
Suppose you have two functions f(x) and g(x),,
and for simplicity suppose that they converge at (0,0)
Then,
Limhtendsto0g(h)f(h)=a
so,
f(h)=a(g(h))
For really small 'h'
Now consider the tangent at origin,
Then the tangent at any point is given by ,
f′(x)=x−x0y−y0=xy
and similarly
g′(x)=xy
Now for a point close, to 0, say 'h'
we have approximately,
f′(x)=hf(h)
g′(x)=hg(h)
where h is arbitarily close to 0,
Now divide both of them ,
g′(x)f′(x)=g(h)f(h)
We see that the ratio of tangents is almost same as ratio of the functions themselves at limiting point,
and so ratio of derivatives also give us the same limit
a
Hence, proved
Note it is not valid in cases where we cant define a tangent at origin, which is almost all the cases,, this is just what i got, and i dont know how valid it is, any mathematician would only get angry at what i did i suppose, but it does provide a qualitative idea, about how the ratio of slopes becomes equal to the ratio of functions limiting values,
Yes I know this but what is the meaning of this expression we get after diffrentiating-tangentoff(b)tangentoff(a)orrateofchangeoff(b)rateofchangeoff(a)
Now suppose consider me as a 11 year dumb , idiotic small child-
I open up the first page of P&C chapter , there I see this the number of ways of selecting 0 things from n things is 1 - at very first sight it may seem like a big blunder . So how will you explain this in your way to a 11 year dumb , idiotic small child
What happens when I choose one object out of four objects A,B,C,D and keep them in a box? The new box looks like any one of this {A},{B},{C},{D}. How many boxes can I have? 4
What if I choose two objects? I can then have {A,B},{A,C},{A,D},{B,C},{B,D},{C,D}. How many boxes can I have? 6
What if I choose no objects? What does the box look like? It is just an empty box - {}. So, I can actually still have a box with 0 things.
well i just wanted to know if there were any other ways of proving or displaying this.. anyways thanx for ur proof btw u really a 16 year old?? if yes u preparing for JEE??
This result is true. Using this same method we can prove that units digit of 6 times an odd number is the units digit of (units digit of odd number + 5).
@Agnishom Chattopadhyay I have some doubts . It would be great help if you take a look at them :
1)As per the cosine rule a2=b2+c2−2bccos(A) where symbols have their usual meaning .But , in vector addition the magnitude of the sum of two of two vectors b and c placed in order and making an angle A is b2+c2+2bccos(A) Why is it so ?
2) I encountered a question in which a cylinder floats at the interface of two liquids of density d1 and d2 with mass of cylinder as A and height h/3 in d2 and 2h/3 in d1 . the equation of the forces can be written as mg−d1(2h/3)Ag−d2(h/3)Ag=0. Now where does the buoyant force due to liquid d1 act . I mean does as like a suction as there's no space from bottom area.
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Please help !
I had not noticed this earlier. So, sorry for the late reply.
1) The cosine rule helps you draw the third side of a triangle. However, when you have two co-initial vectors making an angle with each other, you want the diagonal of the parallelogram containing those two vectors, not the third side.
However, the formulae are closely related. Guess why?
Thanks for replying. I just read that the law of cosines is equivalent to the dot product of two vectors. Is that the correlation you're talking about ?
@Keshav Tiwari
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I don't understand why the law of cosines is equivalent to the dot-product.
2) no, there is no suction like force that pulls up the upper part. What actually happens is like this: That part displaces the liquid around it which presses against the liquid below which gives the extra force through the bottom of the cylinder. In other words, all the force acts from down under the cylinder but the nett result is what you wrote
@Agnishom Chattopadhyay
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This is what i'm talking about !{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawofcosines#Vector_formulation} . And thanks for clearing the second doubt . :)
I can't believe I wasn't able to solve this.
A person picked up 13 cards from 52 cards. Find Probability that he has no ace , Probability that he has exactly one ace ?
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AP Classes: NOPE! DON'T MENTION!
Alright well I wanted to tell you you officially become my hero when you made that post disputing all the sequence problems (that one that went 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,__ and the comic started talking some geometric gibberish and primes from n2−11n+1 or something).
So, is there a general way to simply say NO to all those sequence problems by proving that there are multiple answers? Please share! RIGHT HERE!
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One way could be looking the OEIS. Or you could fit a number of curves through the points.
Sorry @John Muradeli can you post all your notes, problems in simple english , sometimes I can't understand as I am poor in english and too a gujarati
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It's internet stuff... Only those who do it get it. But yeah, the "we" you're talking about encompasses only a small portion of the global population.
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Is this quote your original?
I'd like to know what it means, or what you think it means.
I like big-idea quotes, but a lot of times I observe that people who came up with them have completely different explanations and justifications to the relative respects of applications for which the quote applies; so I thought I'd hear you out :)
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I think the quote is by Alfred N. Whitehead (not sure who he is, though)
I got the quote from A=B
Well, in Mathematics we are constantly trying to generalize out things. Even though Mathematicians are very intelligent, a discovery is valued higher if it can be utilised without intelligent thought.
For example, I'd say that the method of solving an equation by using the quadratic formula is a 'better' discovery than the method of middle term factorisation because that can make anyone solve a quadratic equation - even without understanding what it means!
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Well, in this case, I'm an anti-thesis as far as my position goes for this quote.
Thanks for sharing.
Whitehead was a great philosopher and mathematician, I believe; he worked alongside the great Bertrand Russell in writing the Principia Mathematica. And then he went insane.
Have a poor doubt - Why do we take the axes always perpendicular . Is it so because we are treating it as 2 independent scales, if they are at an angle then there would be a projection of one on other , making it perpendicular , it has its projection on its own thus making it independent @Agnishom Chattopadhyay
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It is not a poor doubt. It is a good question.
Projections are dependent upon the direction you look from. You usually project an inclined vector on the x-axis by dropping its perpendicular because you're interested in 'splitting it into orthogonal components'.
When your axes are inclined at an angle θ, you'd be not be dropping perpendiculars. You'd be dropping components that touch the other axes at θ.
Ok, your main question is whether it'd be possible to have axes not perpendicular to each other without breaking things.
The answer is yes, you'd still be able to represent each point uniquely.
Look at the following theorem:
Statement Given any two non-collinear vectors A and B, and another vector C, all on the same plane, there exists unique scalars a and b such that aA + bB = C
Proof Suppose not. Then, we'd have scalars x and y that'd give me xA+ yB = C.
By hypothesis, we have: aA + bB = xA + yB Or, aA - xA = yB - bB Or, (a-x)A = (y-b)B Or, ((a-x)/(y-b))A = B
So, it looks like there is a scalar which when multiplied with the first vector, gives the second vector. That is only possible if the two vectors shared the same direction.
But wait, we defined our vectors to be in different directions. Contradiction!
So, a and b must be unique.
You could think of the coordinates of the point as a position vector, just like C and compare A and B with the axes.
Now, you should be able to see that how the theorem still holds.
Okay, a picture to make it look believable.
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Is there a good reason to choose 2π as the angle between the axes?
There are many. The most important one of them is that it allows us to use the pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points immediately.
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Thanks nicely explained , so it just provides us flexibility.
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Hey Agnishom how's you doin?
Have you eliminated the need for intellectual thought yet? ;)
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It cannot be done but we are approaching that point. (asymptotes?)
I'm doing fine.
Christmas Wishes! How're your AP Classes going on?
Again some doubts(basics)
1) A problem - 1×1×1×1×........=
1
∏1
not defined
non of the above
my answer - limx→∞1x= Thus not defined correct answer was 1! where I was wrong?
2) While evaluating limits get these forms(this only we do in 11th - 12th) - 00,∞∞ , we then differentiate the numerator independently and the denominator too, was the meaning of this?
3) What e ? ( I know its euler's constant)
4) You know any logical idea for this - In integration we integrate the integrand(which is the derivative of a well defined function) , now just next step we are studied Application of integrals i.e Area bounded by the curves , here we directly integrate the function, ( I know the geometrical proof of this, but I think you will have a better one)
Thanks , you always helped me
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I need some time to answer the third question. But it is a good question and worth knowing.
can you explain what you mean by here we directly integrate the function?
Suppose that f(c) = g(c) = 0
x→climg(x)f(x)=x→climg(x)−0f(x)−0=x→climg(x)−g(c)f(x)−f(c)=x→clim(x−cg(x)−g(c))(x−cf(x)−f(c))=x→clim(x−cg(x)−g(c))x→clim(x−cf(x)−f(c))
Now, suppose that h = x - c
=x→clim(hg(c+h)−g(c))x→clim(hf(c+h)−f(c))=g′(c)f′(c)=x→climg′(x)f′(x)
limx→∞f(x)g(x) where limx→∞f(x)=1 limx→∞g(x)=∞ and is an indeterminate form. What this means is that, the limit cannot be calculated straight away from this expression. It conceals a value within. It is not necessarily undefined. For Example, n→∞lim(1+n1)n=e≈2.718281828459045
1∞ is not defined. This is because infinity is not really a real number. It is a limiting idea.
Now, for that limit, it evaluates to 1 (for obvious reasons). This can be rigorously proven or shown with a graph.
You should think of limits as a graph/function approaching a value, not an abstract algebraic operation.
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Sorry sometimes I may be illogical
4) I know this proof(saw in a book)(wonderful) -
Ar.(PDFC)< Ar.(PQDC) <Ar.(EQDC)
f(x)△x<△A<f(x+△x).(△x)
limx→0f(x)<limx→0△x△A<limx→0f(x+△x)
f(x)<dxdA<f(x)
as continues
dxdA=f(x)
dA=f(x)dx
A=∫f(x)dx
By directly integrate i mean (take this eg)- a2x2+b2y2=1
Now for finding the area , we find a expression for y from the equation and A=4(∫ydx)
I was just asking for a alternative proof(I liked very much your reasoning in the note - An informal yet conceptual note on derivatives) , leave 3 as its related to past
For 2) I was asking what do we mean by this tangent of f(b)tangent of f(a) or rate of change of f(b)rate of change of f(a)
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I will write a note on it. What past? e stands for eternal
I'll try to explain two things but I am not sure what you are exactly asking for.
Explanation 1: Suppose that f is the derivative of F. Now, this would mean that f gives the change in the height of the F curve for a small change in its x-coordinate (which we call dx). Now, since fdx gives back the height for that part (because slope*change-in-x = change in y, it must equal dF.
By integration what we mean summing up the small parts, which is why we use the ∫ sign which is actually a distorted S.
So, it must be that ∫dF=F since F constitutes of the small parts of F. but we just saw that dF=fdx. So, we have F=∫fdx
This is why you find the anti-derivative while integrating indefinitely. The theorem which shows that summing up the small parts is the same as finding the anti-derivative is called the Funamental Theorem of Calculus.
Explanation 2: I could fill up the area under the curve like this.
integration
The picture should make it clear why a thinner strip works better.
Now, note that each infinitesimally small strip is a rectangle of width dx and height equal to the value of the function at that point which is f(x) and thus an area of f(x)dx.
As explained earlier, we want to integrate or sum up all the small strips to get the area. So, the area under the curve in the interval [a,b] is ∣∫abf(x)dx∣
@megh choksi , please tell me if this is what you were looking for.
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That are small strips, just for clear visibility made large.
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Anyhow, could I answer your query about integrals successfully?
@megh choksi - I have attempted to answer your "why we differentiate" question and heres what i got, just check it out.
Note that it is not very rigorious or perhaps even entirely correct, and i suggest you to check out the proof of L'hospital which comes from Rolles theorem,
Suppose you have two functions f(x) and g(x),, and for simplicity suppose that they converge at (0,0)
Then,
Limhtendsto0g(h)f(h)=a
so,
f(h)=a(g(h))
For really small 'h'
Now consider the tangent at origin,
Then the tangent at any point is given by ,
f′(x)=x−x0y−y0=xy
and similarly
g′(x)=xy
Now for a point close, to 0, say 'h'
we have approximately,
f′(x)=hf(h)
g′(x)=hg(h)
where h is arbitarily close to 0,
Now divide both of them ,
g′(x)f′(x)=g(h)f(h)
We see that the ratio of tangents is almost same as ratio of the functions themselves at limiting point, and so ratio of derivatives also give us the same limit
a
Hence, proved
Note it is not valid in cases where we cant define a tangent at origin, which is almost all the cases,, this is just what i got, and i dont know how valid it is, any mathematician would only get angry at what i did i suppose, but it does provide a qualitative idea, about how the ratio of slopes becomes equal to the ratio of functions limiting values,
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Yes I know this but what is the meaning of this expression we get after diffrentiating-tangent of f(b)tangent of f(a) or rate of change of f(b)rate of change of f(a)
How do you clear your doubts?
Now suppose consider me as a 11 year dumb , idiotic small child-
I open up the first page of P&C chapter , there I see this the number of ways of selecting 0 things from n things is 1 - at very first sight it may seem like a big blunder . So how will you explain this in your way to a 11 year dumb , idiotic small child
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11 year kids are not idiots.
I'll show him some analogy.
What happens when I choose one object out of four objects A,B,C,D and keep them in a box? The new box looks like any one of this {A},{B},{C},{D}. How many boxes can I have? 4
What if I choose two objects? I can then have {A,B},{A,C},{A,D},{B,C},{B,D},{C,D}. How many boxes can I have? 6
What if I choose no objects? What does the box look like? It is just an empty box - {}. So, I can actually still have a box with 0 things.
When you multiply 6 by an even number, they both end in the same digit.
Example: 6×2=12, 6×4=24, 6×6=36, etc
Why does this happen??
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I cannot exactly explain this but I can prove this. So, you'll get a semi-satisfactory answer.
It appears that you are not aware of Modular Arithmetic which you should know to understand the following proof:
Consider the trivial case: 6×2≡2(mod10)
Now, supposing that the following is true:
6×2n≡2n(mod10)
We have:
(6×2n)+n≡2n+2(mod10)⟹6×2n)+12≡2n+12(mod10)⟹6×2(n+1)≡2n+2(mod10)⟹6×2(n+1)≡2(n+1)(mod10)
Thus by induction we have 6×2k≡2k(mod10) \qed
EDIT: You're level 5 in Number Theory. You probably know modular arithmetic. Why did you ask the question, then?
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well i just wanted to know if there were any other ways of proving or displaying this.. anyways thanx for ur proof btw u really a 16 year old?? if yes u preparing for JEE??
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You wanted a proof other than this?
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I have a different proof.
We have to prove that
6×2n≡2n(mod10)
This is equivalent to
(5+1)×2n≡2n(mod10)
10n+2n≡2n(mod10)
2n≡2n(mod10)
This result is true. Using this same method we can prove that units digit of 6 times an odd number is the units digit of (units digit of odd number + 5).
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fixed.
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I do not know how to solve it, yet but@Agnishom Chattopadhyay I have some doubts . It would be great help if you take a look at them : 1)As per the cosine rule a2=b2+c2−2bccos(A) where symbols have their usual meaning .But , in vector addition the magnitude of the sum of two of two vectors b and c placed in order and making an angle A is b2+c2+2bccos(A) Why is it so ? 2) I encountered a question in which a cylinder floats at the interface of two liquids of density d1 and d2 with mass of cylinder as A and height h/3 in d2 and 2h/3 in d1 . the equation of the forces can be written as mg−d1(2h/3)Ag−d2(h/3)Ag=0. Now where does the buoyant force due to liquid d1 act . I mean does as like a suction as there's no space from bottom area. image Please help !
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Hi;
I had not noticed this earlier. So, sorry for the late reply.
1) The cosine rule helps you draw the third side of a triangle. However, when you have two co-initial vectors making an angle with each other, you want the diagonal of the parallelogram containing those two vectors, not the third side. However, the formulae are closely related. Guess why?
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Thanks for replying. I just read that the law of cosines is equivalent to the dot product of two vectors. Is that the correlation you're talking about ?
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2) no, there is no suction like force that pulls up the upper part. What actually happens is like this: That part displaces the liquid around it which presses against the liquid below which gives the extra force through the bottom of the cylinder. In other words, all the force acts from down under the cylinder but the nett result is what you wrote
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Check tis out!
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That is nice.
Will participate if I feel like it. I'm feeling more computerish today
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Do reshare it. Let everyone participate. I liked it very much and reshared it. You should do the same.
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I can't believe I wasn't able to solve this.
A person picked up 13 cards from 52 cards. Find Probability that he has no ace , Probability that he has exactly one ace ?
Please solve this ⌣¨
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Is the answer to the first question: 6327/20825 ?
The second answer is probably 9139/20825
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Could you elaborate ?
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(1352) combinations of 13 cards.
There areThere are 48 cards which are not aces. Hence, there are (1348) combinations of non-aces.
So, the probability that you will run into one such configuration is (1352)(1348)
Given any set of 48 cards, none of which are aces, there are (1248) combinations of 12 cards.
To create a set of 13 cards, exactly one of which is an ace, one has 4 options to choose the ace and (1248) options to choose the rest of the cards.
Hence, the probability you are looking for is (1352)4(1248)
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Please solve all my doubts on this
another one https://brilliant.org/problems/train-your-brain/?group=Dm8rRm81UDqj
solve this https://brilliant.org/problems/can-you-solve-it-9/?group=j4P7dyAoNhAb&ref_id=568173
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This one is not so tough. Try integrating the first term wrt x, the second wrt y