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Kind of questions I can answer : Limits, Derivatives, Integration, Implicit functions, continuousity, differentiation ,Extremum problems, Lagrange multipliers, Gradients, Surface integrals, Multi variables functions ,Multi variables Integrals,Complex variables ,Complex functions, Curves, Trajectory integrals & Vector analyse,Divergence,Rotor & word problems. Kind of question I can't answer : Economics,Combinatorics,infinite series & convergence ,Statistics & Probabilities .

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Calculus - Pre-Cal


Expert: Alon Mandes - 8/23/2008

Question
(t-4)^2 = (t+4)^2 + 32.

solve the equation

Answer
Ok Ashlee, for this kind of equation, we will use a very nice trick.
a trick which is a rule claiming that a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b).
In our case, a=t-4, & b=t+4, so our equation now becomes :
a^2=b^2+32 --> a^2-b^2=32, let's apply the rule we get :
(a-b)(a+b)=32. Let's substitute a & b :
[t-4-(t+4)]*[t-4+(t+4)]=32
[t-4-t-4]*[t-4+t+4]=32
[-8]*[2t]=32
-16t=32--> t=-2.

Alon.

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