0
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Beau
Fran
DevinAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
If a system has an infinite number of solutions does it follow that any ordered pair is a solution?
No, this is not necessarily the case. A function can have an infinite range of solutions but not an infinite domain. This means that not every ordered pair would be a solution.
How do you know when an equation has infinitely many solutions?
When trying to solve an equation and you end up with the exact same number on both sides , like 10=10 then the equation has infinitely many solutions. If you end up with 2 different number on both side of the equation, like 3=5 then the equation has no solution. If there is a variable on one side and a number on the other, then there is one solution, e.g. x=4. In the equation 10=10 there is no variable such as x or y that we are trying to find the solution for. The equation x=x might be said to have an infinite number of solutions, because you can choose any value you like for x. More often you would say that "x is indeterminate". So if your equation always turns out to be satisfied for any x you choose, then there is an infinity of solutions and the equation does not represent anything useful. Or, for example, it may have a result such as "true for all even numbers", and you may not be aware in advance that this might happen. Or another example might be sin(x)=0 which has solutions for all values for those x which are integer multiples of 180 degrees. The only way is to solve the equation and see what appears.
How would you know that your equation has infinite solutions without actually solving it?
In some cases, a knowledge of the function in question helps. For example, when you have multiple equations, if you have more equations than variables you will usually have infinite solutions. Another example is that certain functions are known to be periodic, for instance the trigonometric functions - so an equation such as sin(x) = 1/2 may have infinite solution, due to the periodicity.
What is the slope of the equation -6?
I assume you mean y = -6. The slope of this would be zero since it is a horizontal line. For the equation x = -6, the slope would be infinite since this is a vertical line.
How many solutions are there if the equation is zero of the discriminant?
To a mathematician there are 2 coinciding solutions although most people would consider theseas one solution.
