Archive for June, 2008

“+” Its Many Interpretations

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Maths consists of many symbols. The four basic maathematical operators are the "+", "-", "/" and "x". We use them easily in many maths expressions. In normal usage, they are maths operator. But there are some instances where their meaning deviates and is important that the maths learners are aware of. This ...

Log X Is Just A Number

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

I happened to come across an interesting mistake made by a maths student. The mistake inter-mixed the principles of algebra with logarithm. The maths question is to solve the value of x given the expression: 2+ log (5x - 1)  = log 3x The expression, after transferring the "log (5x -1)" to the right side ...