Math Help - manipulative thingie

1. manipulative thingie

What can I do to this to make it independent of x. i.e. manipulate it somehow to cancel out the g(x)?

$\mid\frac{\varepsilon_1}{g(x)}\mid + \mid\frac{\varepsilon_2L}{g(x)M}\mid$

btw $\varepsilon_1 = \mid f(x) - L \mid$ and $\varepsilon_2 = \mid g(x) - M \mid$

2. Originally Posted by Caity
What can I do to this to make it independent of x. i.e. manipulate it somehow to cancel out the g(x)?

$\mid\frac{\varepsilon_1}{g(x)}\mid + \mid\frac{\varepsilon_2L}{g(x)M}\mid$

btw $\varepsilon_1 = \mid f(x) - L \mid$ and $\varepsilon_2 = \mid g(x) - M \mid$
As it stands you can't

CB

3. This is the original problem that I need to simplify to solve for $\varepsilon_1$ and $\varepsilon_2$ for f(x) - M and g(x) - N respectively.

4. Originally Posted by Caity

This is the original problem that I need to simplify to solve for $\varepsilon_1$ and $\varepsilon_2$ for |f(x) - M| and |g(x) - N| respectively.
Take note of those absolute value signs that should be there.

To deal with this problem, you'll certainly need to know that N is not zero. Given that that is the case, suppose that you choose $\varepsilon_2$ to be less than $|\tfrac12N|$. By the triangle inequality, that will imply that g(x) lies between $\tfrac12N$ and $\tfrac32N$. That should enable you to make some progress.

5. Actually, I'm trying to prove that $\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} = \frac{M}{N}$

I apologize for any confusions... and of course N does not = 0