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Solve c=1/2 ab² for b

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First we have to divide both sides of the equation by 1/2a:


(c)/((1)/(2)a)=((1)/(2)a)/((1)/(2)a)b^(2)

And we get


(2c)/(a)=b^(2)

finally we have to take square root on both sides:


\sqrt[]{(2c)/(a)}=\sqrt[]{b^2}

And we get that b is:


b=\sqrt[]{(2c)/(a)}

User Deepak Goswami
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