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If a student uses an electric kettle connected to a 230V mains power supply, with a heating power of 1.8kW. Assuming negligable losses, answer the following: a) find the current in the kettle b) find the total energy transferred in 2 minutes of operation

a) The governing equation here is Power = current x voltage or P=IV. using this formula, 1,800 = I x 230 => I=1800/230 = 7.83 A (3sf) b) as watts is equal to joules/seconds, we can find the energy in joul...
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3x^2 + 7x - 13 = 0. What is x?

By using the quadratic quation, it can be deduced that x = 1.22 or x = -3.55
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Simplify the surd sqrt(48)

When simplifying surd expressions we want to look for square numbers that are factors of the number inside the square root. If we list the square numbers (which are numbers that are the result of squaring an...
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Rationalise the denominator and simplify: 10/3√5 (2 marks)

First of all, you need to read the question really carefully and look at how many marks it is worth. The question is worth two marks and it is asking you to do two things: firstly, you need to ‘rationalise t...
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When did the Cold War start?

Historians have disagreed on the start of the Cold War. For those historians like Arthur Schlesinger who emphasise ideological conflict between the two superpowers, the Cold War began in 1917 with the Bolshe...
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