Graphs don't intersect? k must be ...........

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • This problem is from the 2007 AMATYC spring competition. It simply requires solving a quadratic for real values of x or y.

Комментарии • 21

  • @pojuantsalo3475
    @pojuantsalo3475 Месяц назад

    Yes, this is an easy problem. I was able to solve it in my head. The graphs intersect in one point when k = 0 or 4 and in two points when k is negative of greater then 4. No intersecting happens when k is 1, 2 or 3.
    For k ≥ 0 we need to fulfil x/2 < √x in order to make the graph not intersect, because x + y = k is a line with slope of -1 and xy = k is hyperbole in first and third quadrant with the x and y axes being the asymptotes. So, we can compare the point on the line y = x at which these graphs intersect it and that's were we get the x/2 < √x from. Since √5 < 5/2 and the derivate of x/2 is constant 1/2 while the derivative of √x is 1/(2√5) < 1/2 at x=5 and goes to zero when x goes to infinity, if is clear x/2 > √x for x ≥ 5. We only need to check k = 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. Clearly k = 0 or k = 4 don't work leaving us k = 1, 2 or 3.
    For k < 0, x + y = k is still a line with slope of -1, but xy = k becomes hyperbole in the second and fourth quadrants intersecting the line always once in both of these quadrants.

  • @johnroberts7529
    @johnroberts7529 Месяц назад +1

    Very nice! And I'm not just commenting about the shirt.
    😂

  • @Misteribel
    @Misteribel Месяц назад +4

    Thanks for adding the graph. Maybe it would also help to visualize the problem early on by making a few hand drawn graphs on the blackboard.

  • @RobG1729
    @RobG1729 Месяц назад

    The hat's nice, but that's sum shirt you're wearing; it's even cooler.

  • @mistermudpie
    @mistermudpie Месяц назад +3

    How about the complex numbers (1+i) and (1-i)? (1+i)+(1-i)=2 and (1+i)(1-i)=2

    • @electricgamer_yt4753
      @electricgamer_yt4753 Месяц назад

      It says (k€Z)

    • @mistermudpie
      @mistermudpie Месяц назад

      @@electricgamer_yt4753 k=2 is an integer, is it not? I was providing an example of a pair of complex numbers that when added or multiplied give the same integer result.

    • @PrimeNewtons
      @PrimeNewtons  Месяц назад +4

      I had the same question but the question referred to the graphs, so it clearly requires x and y to be real.

    • @mistermudpie
      @mistermudpie Месяц назад

      @@PrimeNewtons I understand that, my point was that there are pairs of complex numbers whose sum and product is equal and is an integer.

    • @user-kb8bf9kn6r
      @user-kb8bf9kn6r Месяц назад

      Poor doubt.
      Once think what is difference between argand plane and cartesian plane.
      One have it's axis as imaginary and real,while later have as x and y

  • @Viki13
    @Viki13 Месяц назад +1

    I also solved it like this too

  • @devcoolkol
    @devcoolkol Месяц назад +1

    My fav title.

  • @Orillians
    @Orillians Месяц назад

    First time I saw a Prime Newtons video and I could solve it instantly lol

  • @mab9316
    @mab9316 Месяц назад +1

    Those found k values aren't for the case where the 2 graphs ARE intersecting, while the question is about NOT intersecting ????

    • @fernandohernandezaroca416
      @fernandohernandezaroca416 Месяц назад

      In 6:25 he shows us that between 0 and 4 they are not intersecting, so those are good answers

  • @hafizusamabhutta
    @hafizusamabhutta Месяц назад +7

    What's wrong with the audio?

    • @PrimeNewtons
      @PrimeNewtons  Месяц назад +4

      I was surprised too. There was an update just before I started recording. I'll check it out.

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec Месяц назад

      yeah lol i was thinking i stumbled upon an older video

  • @klong1972
    @klong1972 Месяц назад

    Audio is messed up compared to other videos…

  • @user-sf5kd8ld2f
    @user-sf5kd8ld2f Месяц назад +1

    Can cannot?

    • @Lightseeker1-j5p
      @Lightseeker1-j5p Месяц назад

      Although it may sound strange to the ear but it actually makes sense. What the title basically says is ''what values can not to be k?".