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STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to find the values of xx that make the equation 100x21=0100x^2 - 1 = 0 true.
It's like a puzzle where xx is the missing piece! Watch out! There are *two* solutions to this kind of equation, so don't forget to find both!
Also, be careful with the signs – positive and negative matter a lot!

STEP 2

1. Isolate the x2x^2 term
2. Take the square root of both sides
3. Find the two solutions

STEP 3

We **start** with 100x21=0100x^2 - 1 = 0.
To get x2x^2 by itself, we need to move that 1-1 to the other side.
We can do that by *adding* 11 to *both* sides of the equation.
Remember, what we do to one side, we *must* do to the other to keep things balanced!
This gives us: 100x21+1=0+1100x^2 - 1 + 1 = 0 + 1 100x2=1100x^2 = 1

STEP 4

Now, that 100100 is stuck to the x2x^2.
Let's *divide* both sides by **100** to get x2x^2 all alone: 100x2100=1100 \frac{100x^2}{100} = \frac{1}{100} x2=1100 x^2 = \frac{1}{100} Awesome! We've isolated x2x^2!

STEP 5

To get xx by itself, we need to undo that square.
We can do that by taking the **square root** of both sides: x2=1100 \sqrt{x^2} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{100}} Remember, whenever we take the square root, we get *two* possible answers: a positive one and a negative one!

STEP 6

We can simplify the right side because the square root of a fraction is the same as the square root of the top divided by the square root of the bottom: x=±1100 x = \pm \frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{100}} Since 1=1\sqrt{1} = 1 and 100=10\sqrt{100} = 10, we get: x=±110 x = \pm \frac{1}{10}

STEP 7

The plus-or-minus symbol (±\pm) means we have *two* solutions: x=110 x = \frac{1}{10} and x=110 x = -\frac{1}{10}

STEP 8

The solutions are x=110x = \frac{1}{10} and x=110x = -\frac{1}{10}.

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