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#1 2013-02-07 15:30:23

cooljackiec
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imaginary numbers

How many pairs of integers (b,c) satisfy the equation


I see you have graph paper.
You must be plotting something
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#2 2013-02-07 20:09:46

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3 2013-02-07 23:40:39

scientia
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Re: imaginary numbers

So where are the imaginary numbers? eek

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#4 2013-02-08 00:53:43

Bob
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Re: imaginary numbers

hi scientia

Nice solution.  smile

So where are the imaginary numbers?

Perhaps you have to imagine them.  roflol

Bob


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#5 2013-02-08 01:27:13

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Hi ;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#6 2013-02-08 02:41:23

anonimnystefy
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Re: imaginary numbers

Hi bobbym

Those numbers you posted aren't imaginary either...


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#7 2013-02-08 02:46:51

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Why not? What did I do wrong?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#8 2013-02-08 02:59:00

anonimnystefy
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Re: imaginary numbers

Those are not imaginary numbers. They are complex!


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#9 2013-02-08 03:03:18

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Hmmmm, you got me. You are correct!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#10 2013-02-08 03:11:02

anonimnystefy
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Re: imaginary numbers

Yes, yes I did.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#11 2013-02-08 03:20:20

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Them there is fightin words where we all come from. - Gary Cooper


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#12 2013-02-08 11:52:33

cooljackiec
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Re: imaginary numbers

Compute |5-12i|+|3-4i|.


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You must be plotting something
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#13 2013-02-08 15:07:39

cooljackiec
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Re: imaginary numbers

a) Suppose we graph every point z  in the complex plane such that |z| = 4. What shape results?

b) What is the graph of the equation |z-2i| = 3


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#14 2013-02-08 21:05:02

bobbym
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Re: imaginary numbers

Hi cooljackiec;

|5-12i|+|3-4i| = 13 + 5 = 18


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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