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Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using nuclear power stations rather than gas-fired power stations to generate electricity. (2 Marks)

Advantage- No CO2 emissions produced by nuclear power stations as they do not combust fuel to produce energy.Disadvantage- Nuclear power stations produce radioactive waste which is difficult and expensive...

Answered by Tate C. • Physics tutor

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How do you use the grammar particle 了(le)?

了is one of the most commonly encountered grammar particles in the modern Chinese language and also one of the most difficult to grasp. The particle 了 can have many different functions in a sentence. He...

Answered by Alexander J. • Mandarin tutor

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Solve the equation 3^(5x-2)=4^(6-x), and show that the solution can be written in the form log10(a)/log10(b).

So we have the equation initially in the form 3^(5x-2)=4^(6-x), and as the solution involves log10, then a sensible first move would be to take log10 of both sides, giving log10(3^(5x-2)) = log10(4^(6...

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Prove that (sinx + cosx)^2 = 1 + 2sinxcosx

Starting on the left hand side we can expand out the brackets to get:
(sinx + cosx)(sinx + cosx)
sin²x+sinxcosx+sinxcosx+cos²x
Grouping together the like terms we can ...

Answered by Adam G. • Maths tutor

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Two cars are moving parallel to each other on a road. The first car is moving at a speed of 11 m/s, while the second car is moving at 17 m/s, what is the speed of the second car, relative to the first car.

The relative speed of the second car, with respect to the first car is 6 m/s. This is because they are both travelling in the same direction, but the second car is moving 6 m/s faster. That means, if we w...

Answered by Adam G. • Physics tutor

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