Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables

Let me explain about Graphing Linear Inequalities in Two Variables,
A linear inequality in the two variables x and y looks like

where a, b, and c are constants.
A solution to an inequality is any pair of numbers x and y that satisfy the inequality.
The rules for finding the solution set of a linear inequality are much the same as those for finding the solution to a linear equation.
  1. Add or subtract the same expression to both sides.
  2. Multiply or divide both sides by the same nonzero quantity; if that quantity is negative, then the inequality must be reversed.
Hope the above explanation helped you.

Explain Mathematical induction

Let us study about mathematical induction,
Mathematical induction, or proof by induction, is a method of mathematical proof typically used to establish that a given statement is true for all natural numbers. It can also be used in more general settings as will be described below. An induction variant is used in computer science to prove that expressions which can be evaluated are equivalent, and this is known as structural induction.
The simplest and most common form of mathematical induction proves that a statement holds for all natural numbers n and consists of two steps:

Showing that the statement holds when n = 0.
Showing that if the statement holds for n = m, then the same statement also holds for n = m + 1.

To understand why the two steps are in fact sufficient, it is helpful to think of the domino effect: if you have a long row of dominos standing on end and you can be sure that
The first domino will fall.
Whenever a domino falls, its next neighbor will also fall.
then you can conclude that all dominos will fall.
Hope the above explanation was helpful.