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To: King Prout

Yep, my misprint. Analogous reasoning works though.


92 posted on 12/04/2005 12:06:42 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

just needed to clarify the given.

so, we have:

x^3 + 1 = 0
x = -1 is one solution.
(x^3 + 1)/(x + 1) = division by zero. foul.

yes?


97 posted on 12/04/2005 12:19:08 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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