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How do I find the equation of a straight line?

Let's draw a line. It crosses the point (0,1), intercepting the y-axis (remember, y to the sky!) at 1 and the x-axis at the point (-2,0).

An equation tells us what a line looks like, it's...

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Answered by Dominique G. Maths tutor
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Given that d/dx(cosx)=-sinx show that d/dx(secx)=secx(tanx)

let y=sec(x) = 1/(cos(X)) = cos(x)-1

Thus dy/dx = -1(cos(x))-2(-sinx) = sin(x)/(cos(x))2

= 1/cos(x)  x  sin(x)/cos(x)

=sec(x)t...

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Answered by Owain D. Maths tutor
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x = 0.045 (45 recurring). Prove algebraically that x can be written as 1/22

x=0.045 (45 recurring)

10x = 0.45 (45 recurring)

100x = 4.54 (54 recurring)

1000x = 45.45 (45 recurring)

To get rid of the decimals:

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Answered by John T. Maths tutor
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How do I work out the area of a right angled triangle?

If we think about a right angled triangle, it is the same as one half of a square or rectangle. This is because if we join two right angled triangles at their diagonal sides, we make a square or rectan...

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Answered by Ciaran C. Maths tutor
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In a sports competition with 760 atheletes, the following pieces of information are true: 70% of the atheletes are runners, 40% of the men are not runners and 400 women are runners. How many women were there in total?

Firstly, we must identify the two things that we need to work out our answer. They are: How many male runners there are, and how many male non-runners there are, as once we have these, the remaining va...

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Answered by Ciaran C. Maths tutor
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