document.write( "Question 1180549: I am having a lot of trouble with this problem: Suppose f = t-s/(s/(n−2)) and
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\n" ); document.write( "not sure if you have \"f+=+t-s%2F%28s%2F%28n-2%29%29+\" or\"f+=+%28t-s%29%2F%28s%2F%28n-2%29%29+\", and \"p+=+t-s%2Ft\" or \"p+=+%28t-s%29%2Ft\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "assuming you have\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p+=+%28t-s%29%2Ft\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p+=+%28t-s%29%2Ft\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+%28t-s%29%2F%28s%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to express \"f\" as a function of \"p\" and \"n\", first solve \"p+=+%28t-s%29%2Ft\" for \"s\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p%2At+=+t-s\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+t-p%2At\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substitute in \"f+=+%28t-s%29%2F%28s%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+%28t-%28t-p%2At%29%29%2F%28%28t-p%2At%29%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+%28t-t%2Bp%2At%29%2F%28%28t%281-p%29%29%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+%28p%2Across%28t%29%29%2F%28%28cross%28t%29%281-p%29%29%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+p%2F%28%281-p%29%2F%28n-2%29%29+\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f+=+%28p%28n-2%29%29%2F%281-p%29+\"\r
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