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What's the difference between a histogram and a bar chart?

A bar-chart is a graph where the height of the bar measures the frequency of a particular category which that bar represents.

For a histogram, however, t...

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Answered by Colm M. Maths tutor
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What are "x" and "y" and why are they used?

The letters "x" and "y", or any other similar letter in an equation, are examples of unknown variables

What this means is that we don't know their v...

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Answered by Colm M. Maths tutor
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How do I find the distance between two point in the plane?

We can use Pythagoras' Theorem applied to co-ordinates of these points.

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Answered by Jonathon V. Maths tutor
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What is a derivative?

A derivative is a mathematical description of how one quantity will change with respect to another. For example the 1st derivative of some function will give you the gradient of the tangent at every point...

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Answered by Jonathon V. Maths tutor
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Represent in partial fraction form the expression x/x^2-3x+2

Partial fractions are just another technique to simplify expressions to make them easier to manipulate in more complex questions. This is a low mark questions, testing your skills at using partial frac...

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Answered by Malachi R. Maths tutor
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