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Differentiation is a really common technique in a branch of maths called calculus. The idea is that you have a line on a graph (or a 'function') and we want to know the gradient - the steepness - of that ...

A wave cut platform is formed by the sea attacking the cliff face though different types of erosion e.g. abrasion and hydraulic action. Abrasion is where cliffs are worn down from destructive waves and th...

Waterfalls often form when hard (e.g. granite) and soft (e.g. clay or chalk) rock are present , where water flows across the harder rock and drops onto softer rock. The falling water then starts to form a...

This is an unexpected result as usually nutrients are considered beneficial to organisms. Some organisms do benefit enourmously from the nutrients, but this leads to the deaths of other. The high concentr...

Consider the right-angled triangle BAM. We have the hypotenuse and an angle, and want to find the opposite side. Therefore, using SOHCAHTOA, sinx = BM/1, hence BM = sinx. Because M is the midpoint of BC, ...