document.write( "Question 96205This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Alg and Trig
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y^4/3 = -3y\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1. The exp of y is understood to be 1...so does this mean that I need to find the commoon denominator of the exp so that I could add? Should the exp of 3y then be 1/3?
\n" ); document.write( "y^4/3 + 3y^1/3= 0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2. Then in the book it says to factor out maybe 1/3?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is where I get confused, because the problem in the book that is simmilar looks like this:
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\n" ); document.write( "x^1/2(x-1)) =0 How are they factoring out x^1/2? Is x^1/2(x-1) = x^3/2 -x^1/2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3. So once they get x^1/2= 0 and x-1=0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the answer is x=0 and x=1 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Please help me solve this problem:\r\n" );
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document.write( "y^4/3 = -3y\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I have done:\r\n" );
document.write( "y^4/3 + 3y =0\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. The exp of y is understood to be 1...so does this mean that I need to find the commoon\r\n" );
document.write( "denominator of the exp so that I could add?  Should the exp of 3y then be 1/3?\r\n" );
document.write( "y^4/3 + 3y^1/3= 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Then in the book it says to factor out maybe 1/3?\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is where I get confused, because the problem in the book that is simmilar looks like this:\r\n" );
document.write( "x^3/2= x^1/2\r\n" );
document.write( "x^3/2- x^1/2= 0\r\n" );
document.write( "x^1/2(x-1)) =0   How are they factoring out x^1/2?  Is x^1/2(x-1) = x^3/2 -x^1/2\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. So once they get x^1/2= 0   and x-1=0\r\n" );
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document.write( "so the answer is x=0 and x=1 \r\n" );
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document.write( "I think you're CONFUSING yourself, and probably mixing up this given problem with the one in your book.\r\n" );
document.write( "Anyway, I hope you can follow what I've presented below. \r\n" );
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document.write( "         ---- Adding  to both sides\r\n" );
document.write( "      ---- Factoring out y\r\n" );
document.write( "             OR     y = 0  \r\n" );
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document.write( "        --- Cubing each side\r\n" );
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