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I appreciate the reply but the suggestion does not work. If I take logarithms of both sides I get
\ln{ \left( ( 1 - \frac{1}{j}) j^{\frac{1}{j-1}} \right)} = 0
From this it is not possible to get to...
Minimising a function related to a "Bloom Filter"
Homework Statement
I'm looking at a problem that requires me to find k that minimises the function f. Where n,m are to be treated as constants.
Although not needed for this problem the context is that the function f approximately describes the...
Would you say then that the book's answers are incorrect?
Maybe they've used a different method and rounded with the cos30 rather than using it's surd value?
Hi this seems like a simple question (and probably is) but I keep getting the answers wrong.
Homework Statement
Two ships, A and B, leave port P at the same time. Ship A travels due north at a steady speed of 15kmh^{-1} and ship B travels N 60^{o} E at a speed of 10kmh^{-1}.
i) What is...