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Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level

well, it seems to me it is a theorem in Number Theory. would love to see a solution using HSC method
 

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I think that sign should be .

This is true because for fixed with , each is nonzero and has the same sign (since ).

So

We have shown that P does not vanish in the sector, which is equivalent to the claim. (It is also trivial that P(0) is nonzero).
 
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I think that sign should be .

This is true because for fixed with , each is nonzero and has the same sign (since ).

So

We have shown that P does not vanish in the sector, which is equivalent to the claim. (It is also trivial that P(0) is nonzero).
Yep my bad
 

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Re: HSC 2014 4U Marathon - Advanced Level

I think that sign should be .

This is true because for fixed with , each is nonzero and has the same sign (since ).

So

We have shown that P does not vanish in the sector, which is equivalent to the claim. (It is also trivial that P(0) is nonzero).
Nice proof by contradiction. and the conclusion can be a tiny bit stronger: the inequality sign can be strictly greater than. lol
 

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(can someone post a good question please)
 

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I thought this one was a good one.

A function f(x) is continuous for x>0, and (x-1)f(x) is differentiable for x>0 and its derivative is 1/x. Find f(x) for x>0
 

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I thought this one was a good one.

A function f(x) is continuous for x>0, and (x-1)f(x) is differentiable for x>0 and its derivative is 1/x. Find f(x) for x>0
log(x)
 

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well, it seems to me it is a theorem in Number Theory. would love to see a solution using HSC method
I already posted a HSC method for it, and I know of one other HSC method for it too.
 

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A group of 10 married couples is getting ready for an excursion in small boats; in particular, they have to split into five groups of four persons each. In how many of these cases will there be two men X and Y each on the same boat with his wife (assuming each boat contains 2 men and 2 women)?
 
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Patel Exercise 4O question 3:
Express root(5-2i) in the form a+ib, Hence or otherwise find the locus of the point which represents z on the argand diagram, if Abs(z^2-5+12i)=Abs(z-3+2i)
 

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I thought this one was a good one.

A function f(x) is continuous for x>0, and (x-1)f(x) is differentiable for x>0 and its derivative is 1/x. Find f(x) for x>0




 
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A group of 10 married couples is getting ready for an excursion in small boats; in particular, they have to split into five groups of four persons each. In how many of these cases will there be two men X and Y each on the same boat with his wife (assuming each boat contains 2 men and 2 women)?
 
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can you explain how you got your answer? I got 4498200, which i'll explain later
 

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hold on first, coz i am not sure i understood the question correctly: does the question mean that X, his wife, Y and his wife all four people in the same boat? or X and his wife in one same boat and Y and his wife in the other same boat?
 

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yep both cases. i.e. Case 1. X and Wife and Y and Wife all in the same boat. Case 2: X and Wife in one boat. Y and wife in another boat
 
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