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The teacher quickly inverts the can containing boiling water into a bowl of cold water, as shown in the diagram. When the can is inverted in the cold water, the can collapses. Use ideas about particles and pressure to explain why the can collapses.

Initially the average kinetic energy of the trapped air within the can is much higher the surrounding body of air. However, when immersed in the cold water, there is a significant decrease in the average kin...
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Maths A-level Question, Rates of change involving a cylindrical vessel.

What do we know (IN) dv/dt = o.4π(OUT) dv/dt = 0.2π(h) 0.5 Initial height of water in vessel is 2.25m Diameter = 4m a) Show that at time t minutes after that tap has been opened, the height h m of the water ...
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Make h the subject of h-36=(3h+18)/i

First, multiply both sides of the equation by 'i' to remove the fraction: i(h-36) = 3h +18 Then, expand the bracket by multiplying 'i' by each of the terms inside (first h then '-36'). Make sure to keep the ...
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Factorise fully 27x^2 - 3

First, work out what number is a common factor of both terms - in other words what number 'goes into' both 27 and 3? 3 is a factor of both so put 3 outside the bracket. = 3( __ - __) Now work out what goes i...
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Sodium’s atomic number is 11 and its mass number is 23. How many protons, electrons and neutrons does it have?

The mass number defines the number of protons and neutrons in an atom. The atomic number shows the number of protons in an atom (nucleus). Because there is the same number of protons as electrons in an atom ...
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