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Trolley A carrying mass 10kg is moving at speed 5m/s, and collides with stationary Trolley B carrying a mass 5kg. Indicating which Law you would apply, what is the speed and direction of Trolley B if Trolley A's resulting movement is 2m/s to the left?

By the Law of Conservation of Momentum, Initial Momentum=Final Momentum, in a closed system.

Take movement to the right as + and to the left as -

Therefore equate the...

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Answered by Parinita S. Physics tutor
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Consider the Matrix M (below). Find the determiannt of the matrix M by using; (a) cofactor expansion along the first row, (b) cofactor expansion along the second column

Matrix M is

-2 1 -4

1 -1  5

3  0  2

Let A be a square nxn matrix. Then, for each entry Aij (where 1 </= i < n, 1 </= j < n), the minor of Aij is A(^i;^j), the deter...

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Solve the quadratic equation: x^2 - 2x - 15 = 0

We need to find numbers that multiply together to give -15. This could be -1 and 15, 1 and -15, -3 and 5, 3 and -5. The numbers we need must add up to -2 as well (from -2x term). Therefore our set must be...

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Answered by Sabrina K. Maths tutor
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Y=3x^2-2 ( Make x the ubject of the formula

x=((y+2)/3)^1/2

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Answered by Talha P. Maths tutor
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find the values of x when 3x^2 - 6x - 9

First we will need to factorise the equation.

Start with the 3x^2 term and notice 3 is prime so must have 3x and x terms.

(3x - 9) (x + 1) or  (3x + 3) (x - 3)

Setting the brackets to...

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Answered by Dylan M. Maths tutor
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