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@rkshtsurana said:
Given that n is a natural number, when is n^4 + 4 prime?
When n=1?
@rkshtsurana said:
Given that n is a natural number, when is n^4 + 4 prime?
Only for n=1 ?
@rkshtsurana said:
Solve the factorial equation a!b! = a! + b! + c!
values nikalne hain kya?
@krum said:
values nikalne hain kya?
ha bhai
@rkshtsurana said:
ha bhai
batao bhai kaise hoga, koi logic hai ya h&t;
@rkshtsurana said:
Solve the factorial equation a!b! = a! + b! + c!
3!*3! = 3!+3!+4!

Took me a long time to solve..bolna mat wrong hai..:P
@krum
@soumitrabengeri said:
3!*3! = 3!+3!+4!Took me a long time to solve..bolna mat wrong hai..
this is the only solution
official explanation nhi he mere pass
@rkshtsurana said:
@krum this is the only solutionofficial explanation nhi he mere pass
There is no method to solve this na? It just clicked..although after a very long time..:(
Six straight lines are drawn in a plane with no two parallel and no three concurrent.The number of regions into which they divide the plane?
@aquarius24 said:
Six straight lines are drawn in a plane with no two parallel and no three concurrent.The number of regions into which they divide the plane?


22?
@pankaj1988 said:s
Find the minimum value of h^2+k^2. Where 3h-4k+45=0...approach without differentiation...
is it 3?????

No of regions = n(n+1)/2 + 1

Here n = 6

So, 22 regions


@aquarius24 said:
Six straight lines are drawn in a plane with no two parallel and no three concurrent.The number of regions into which they divide the plane?
@wovfactorAPS said:
is it 3?????

OA-81.......chk reply 2042 for soln

@pankaj1988 said:
OA-81.......chk reply 2042 for soln
oh. sorry i made mistake..

it has to be 9^2 i took rt(9)..
@aquarius24 said:
Six straight lines are drawn in a plane with no two parallel and no three concurrent.The number of regions into which they divide the plane?
(1+2+3+4+5+6)+1 =22
F(x)=|x – 2| + |2.5 – x| + |3.6 – x|, where x is a real number.
Find Min(f(x)).
@pankaj1988 said:
OA-81.......chk reply 2042 for soln
welll, for a method other than cauchy-schwartz

the min value is the square the foot of the perpendicular from the origin to the given line ..
@Torque024 said:
F(x)=|x – 2| + |2.5 – x| + |3.6 – x|, where x is a real number.Find Min(f(x)).
1.6 at x=2.5
@pankaj1988 said:
OA-81.......chk reply 2042 for soln
h^2+k^2. Where 3h-4k+45=0

h^2+[(3h+45)/4]^2
=>h^2+1/16*(9h^2+45^2+270h)

upon diff.
=>2h+9/8h+270/16=0
=>h=-270/16*8/25=-27/5
=>k=(-81/5+45)/4=36/5

min=(-27/5)^2+(36/5)^2=81

ps: i don't know cauchy-sauchy so wanted to try :mg:
@Torque024 said:
F(x)=|x – 2| + |2.5 – x| + |3.6 – x|, where x is a real number.Find Min(f(x)).
1.6?
Value at x=2.5