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Reuel

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Registered: 2010-11-28

Posts: 178

Find the Abscissa

Find the abscissa of the point where the curve

intersects the curve represented by the particular solution of

where x = e and y =1.

The particular solution I came up with was

This intersects with the graph of e to the x at

Am I correct? I am not sure what I am doing or if it is right.

Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

Posts: 10,621

Re: Find the Abscissa

hi Reuel,

I've only had a quick look so far at this and it seems to be correct.  Well done!

I'll look some more when I get a chance and check for snags.

Later edit.

Still looks good to me.

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2011-02-21 06:35:30)

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Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Find the Abscissa

Hi Reuel;

How are you? Yes, the intersection is:

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Reuel

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Registered: 2010-11-28

Posts: 178

Re: Find the Abscissa

Thanks.