S2 normal approximation
I'm part way through question b but I'm stuck I've got the equation 17.5-1/3n all divided by the square root of 2/9n> (2.6 using normal tables) am I on the right track? Every time I try to do the quadratic formula I end up having to square root a negative which is obviously incorrect
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Original post by Abby5001
I'm part way through question b but I'm stuck I've got the equation 17.5-1/3n all divided by the square root of 2/9n> (2.6 using normal tables) am I on the right track? Every time I try to do the quadratic formula I end up having to square root a negative which is obviously incorrect
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I'm part way through question b but I'm stuck I've got the equation 17.5-1/3n all divided by the square root of 2/9n> (2.6 using normal tables) am I on the right track? Every time I try to do the quadratic formula I end up having to square root a negative which is obviously incorrect
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Check your value of 2.6 - I think it should be something else.
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Check your value of 2.6 - I think it should be something else.
I've checked and I can't see what else it would be equal to
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Original post by Abby5001
Sorry, I read 0.05 instead of 0.005.
I'll check again.At what point did you get the square root of a negative?
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Sorry, I read 0.05 instead of 0.005. I'll check again.
At what point did you get the square root of a negative?
I'll check again.At what point did you get the square root of a negative?
When I got -1/9n^2-1.502+306.25 which makes me think I multiplied it out wrong
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When I got -1/9n^2-1.502+306.25 which makes me think I multiplied it out wrong
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The numbers you've given me are slightly confusing
I've left it in terms of 2.5758, sqrt(2/9), 17.5 etc and turned it into a quadratic that has a positive discriminant, so I think you've multiplied it out incorrectly somewhere.Original post by SeanFM
The numbers you've given me are slightly confusing I've left it in terms of 2.5758, sqrt(2/9), 17.5 etc and turned it into a quadratic that has a positive discriminant, so I think you've multiplied it out incorrectly somewhere.
I've left it in terms of 2.5758, sqrt(2/9), 17.5 etc and turned it into a quadratic that has a positive discriminant, so I think you've multiplied it out incorrectly somewhere.Yes I probably have. Can you show me the quadratic equation you got
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Since the probability of him passing must be less than 0.005, the probability of him getting less than 18 questions right must be less than 0.005, which means that the z value must be greater than 2.5758 (difficult to think about but important).
So 17.5 - n/3 > sqrt(2n/9) * 2.5758. Moving everything over to the right and using a substitution yields a quadratic with a positive discriminant.
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Since the probability of him passing must be less than 0.005, the probability of him getting less than 18 questions right must be less than 0.005, which means that the z value must be greater than 2.5758 (difficult to think about but important).
So 17.5 - n/3 > sqrt(2n/9) * 2.5758. Moving everything over to the right and using a substitution yields a quadratic with a positive discriminant.
So 17.5 - n/3 > sqrt(2n/9) * 2.5758. Moving everything over to the right and using a substitution yields a quadratic with a positive discriminant.
I thought in order to get a quadratic you would have to square everything, so you would get rid of the sqrt(2n/9)?
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I thought in order to get a quadratic you would have to square everything, so you would get rid of the sqrt(2n/9)?
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If you did it'd leave you with n^(3/2), not very nice
Or you could try substituting u = n^1/2.
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If you did it'd leave you with n^(3/2), not very nice
Or you could try substituting u = n^1/2.
Or you could try substituting u = n^1/2.
How would it leave it n^3/2 ?? And if I substituted n^1/2=u then how would that help me
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How would it leave it n^3/2 ?? And if I substituted n^1/2=u then how would that help me
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I see what you mean by squaring both sides, whereas I thought it was getting everything to one side before squaring everything.
However, a>b doesn't mean that a^2 > b^2 (eg a = -3, b = -5) and using that method does get you a funny quadtraic that can't be solved.
Substituting u = n^1/2 gives you 17.5 - u^2/3 > (sqrt2/9) * u * 2.5758.
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I see what you mean by squaring both sides, whereas I thought it was getting everything to one side before squaring everything.
However, a>b doesn't mean that a^2 > b^2 (eg a = -3, b = -5) and using that method does get you a funny quadtraic that can't be solved.
Substituting u = n^1/2 gives you 17.5 - u^2/3 > (sqrt2/9) * u * 2.5758.
However, a>b doesn't mean that a^2 > b^2 (eg a = -3, b = -5) and using that method does get you a funny quadtraic that can't be solved.
Substituting u = n^1/2 gives you 17.5 - u^2/3 > (sqrt2/9) * u * 2.5758.
To be honest I'm getting more confused so do you mind just simply rearranging things and putting down the value of a,b and c
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We both started with 17.5 - n/3 > sqrt(2n/9) * 2.5758.
Putting in u = n^1/2 gives u^2 = n, so 17.5-u^2/3 > sqrt(2/9) * sqrt(n) * 2.5758 = sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758.
So 17.5-(u^2)/3 > sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758, which means that (u^2)/3 + (sqrt(2/9)*2.5758)u - 17.5 < 0.
Solve for u and then for x. (it may be 2.5756 instead of 2.5758 but
)
Putting in u = n^1/2 gives u^2 = n, so 17.5-u^2/3 > sqrt(2/9) * sqrt(n) * 2.5758 = sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758.
So 17.5-(u^2)/3 > sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758, which means that (u^2)/3 + (sqrt(2/9)*2.5758)u - 17.5 < 0.
Solve for u and then for x. (it may be 2.5756 instead of 2.5758 but
)Original post by SeanFM
We both started with 17.5 - n/3 > sqrt(2n/9) * 2.5758.
Putting in u = n^1/2 gives u^2 = n, so 17.5-u^2/3 > sqrt(2/9) * sqrt(n) * 2.5758 = sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758.
So 17.5-(u^2)/3 > sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758, which means that (u^2)/3 + (sqrt(2/9)*2.5758)u - 17.5 < 0.
Solve for u and then for x. (it may be 2.5756 instead of 2.5758 but)
Putting in u = n^1/2 gives u^2 = n, so 17.5-u^2/3 > sqrt(2/9) * sqrt(n) * 2.5758 = sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758.
So 17.5-(u^2)/3 > sqrt(2/9) * u * 2.5758, which means that (u^2)/3 + (sqrt(2/9)*2.5758)u - 17.5 < 0.
Solve for u and then for x. (it may be 2.5756 instead of 2.5758 but
)Got the right answer Thankyou so much
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As long as you understand why, I am happy
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As long as you understand why, I am happy
So in future when the discriminant is negative I should replace the letter I am solving the equation for with random letter^2 ?
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So in future when the discriminant is negative I should replace the letter I am solving the equation for with random letter^2 ?
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We didn't do it for that reason, only to turn it Into something that we can solve (or if we had ax^4 + bx^2 + c) etc.
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We didn't do it for that reason, only to turn it Into something that we can solve (or if we had ax^4 + bx^2 + c) etc.
Really quickly could you just explain why they have use the power rule 2^x+y =2^x x 2^y when if fact they are doing 2^x-y ?
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Really quickly could you just explain why they have use the power rule 2^x+y =2^x x 2^y when if fact they are doing 2^x-y ? 
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Swap y for -y in the rule. In other words, it works for negative values of x and y too.
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