JAMB - Mathematics (1991 - No. 26)
Evaluate x2(x2 - 1)-\(\frac{1}{2}\) - (x2 - 1)\(\frac{1}{2}\)
(x2 - 1)-\(\frac{1}{2}\)
(x2 - 1)1
(x2 - 1)
(x2 - 1)-1
Forklaring
x2(x2 - 1)-\(\frac{1}{2}\) - (x2 - 1)\(\frac{1}{2}\) = \(\frac{x^2}{(x^2 - 1)^\frac{1}{2}}\) - \(\frac{(x^2 - 1)^\frac{1}{2}}{1}\)
= \(\frac{x^2 - (x^2 - 1)}{(x^2 - 1) ^\frac{1}{2}}\)
= \(\frac{x^2 - x^2 + 1}{(x^2 - 1)^\frac{1}{2}}\)
= (x2 - 1)-\(\frac{1}{2}\)
= \(\frac{x^2 - (x^2 - 1)}{(x^2 - 1) ^\frac{1}{2}}\)
= \(\frac{x^2 - x^2 + 1}{(x^2 - 1)^\frac{1}{2}}\)
= (x2 - 1)-\(\frac{1}{2}\)