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Pensez-vous que l'on fait assez pour éduquer les jeunes pour mener une vie saine?

A mon avis, on ne fait pas assez pour éduquer les jeunes pour mener une vie saine. L'obésité infantile devient de plus en plus un problème. Bien que certaines publicités fassent la promotion d'un mode de ...

Answered by Amy C. • French tutor

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Consider the unit hyperbola, whose equation is given by x^2 - y^2 = 1. We denote the origin, (0, 0) by O. Choose any point P on the curve, and label its reflection in the x axis P'. Show that the line OP and the tangent line to P' meet at a right angle.

We differentiate our equation with respect to x to find that 2x - 2y(dy/dx) = 0, and rearrange to find that dy/dx = x/y. We set P = (x, y). The slope of OP is given by y/x, and the slope of the tangent at...

Answered by Dylan C. • Maths tutor

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Show that the volume of the solid formed by the curve y=cos(x/2), as it is rotated 360° around the x-axis between x= π/4 and x=3π/4, is of the form π^2/a. Find the constant a.

After sketching a diagram of the curve and the solid for clarity, we see that we need to use the formula V = π∫ y² dx (with upper and lower bounds of 3π/4 and π/4 respectively) to calculate the...

Answered by Nicholas C. • Maths tutor

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Margret wants to share £36 in a ratio of 3:4 between her two grandchildren, Anna and Katie. How much money will Katie get?

36/12 = 33x4 = 12Katie gets £12

Answered by Martha N. • Maths tutor

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Find and describe the stationary points of the curve y = x^2 + 2x - 8

Stationary points occur when the derivative is = 0Derivative: 2x + 2 = 0, so a stationary point occurs when x = -1y = 1 + 2 - 8 = -5Second derivative = 2Therefore, the stationary point (-1,2) is a minimum...

Answered by Martha N. • Further Mathematics tutor

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