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noblegas said:yes. E=0 or 1
You are getting closer. E=0 solves it. Why do you think E=1 solves E*alpha-E*E=0?
noblegas said:yes. E=0 or 1
Dick said:You are getting closer. E=0 solves it. Why do you think E=1 solves E*alpha-E*E=0?
noblegas said:E=1 ==> alpha =1 right?
Dick said:I had really hoped you would figure out that E*alpha-E*E=0 means E*(E-alpha)=0. So E=0 or E-alpha=0. So E=0 or E=alpha. But that doesn't seem to be happening. There is nothing in the problem that requires E=1 any more than there is that E=56, is there?
noblegas said:I've should have caught that ; Its been a long long ... long night.
Dick said:Granted, a long night. So alpha is sort of the fixed constant in the problem, right? You want to solve for E given the value of alpha. Are we agreed that either E=0 or E=alpha? If so then gabbagabbahey and everybody else can take a nap.