Question
do these cancel out and why/why not?
S^2 = S^2
S^-2 = S^2
S^2 = S^2
S^-2 = S^2
Answers
cylinder
do the same positive power 2 on both sides cancel out
or the opposite - and + powers
or the opposite - and + powers
bobpursley
Somewhere in your math education, someone has led you astray. "Cancel out" is NOT in math terms, nor does it exist. Perhaps they meant "divide to unity".
example x/x does not cancel out, it divides to unity, so x/x = 1 as long as x is not zero.
Wash your mouth our with soap everytime it speaks "cancel out" .
s^2/s^2 is equal to one as long as s is not zero. if s is a zero, it is a maybe. Wait for the calculus of limits to understand that (example: sinx/x as x approaches zero....x cannot be zero in math rules of division)
s^2/s^-2=s^4.
I hope I "canceled out " your thinking on what "cancel out" means in math: Nothing.
example x/x does not cancel out, it divides to unity, so x/x = 1 as long as x is not zero.
Wash your mouth our with soap everytime it speaks "cancel out" .
s^2/s^2 is equal to one as long as s is not zero. if s is a zero, it is a maybe. Wait for the calculus of limits to understand that (example: sinx/x as x approaches zero....x cannot be zero in math rules of division)
s^2/s^-2=s^4.
I hope I "canceled out " your thinking on what "cancel out" means in math: Nothing.