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How do I draw and sketch an equation?

Graph sketching can look like an intimidating process at times, but is easily broken down into a collection of fairly easy stages. 

In summary:

Factoris...

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Answered by Brad D. Maths tutor
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How do you intergrate sin^2(x)?

You have to write it in terms of cos(2x) using the double angle formula. The same applies for intergrating cos^2(x), you again have to write it in terms of cos(2x) using the same double angle formula.<...

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Answered by Jennifer M. Maths tutor
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How do you factorise and know if it is a difference of two squares ?

1. First you need to learn how to recognise the form:

Difference of two square numbers.  a2 - 36

(a2 is a square number and 36 is also a ...

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Answered by Esther L. Maths tutor
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How do you 'rationalise the denominator'?

There are two approaches to rationalising a denominator depending on how the denominator appears.

First we deal with the simpler case where the surd term is the only term...

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Answered by Jacob G. Maths tutor
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How do I express y=acosx+bsinx in the form y=Rcos(x-c)?

From the addition formula, we know that:

Rcos(x-c) = Rcos(x)sin(c)+Rsin(x)cos(c)

Therefore:

acos(x)+bsin(x) = Rcos(x)cos(c)+Rsin(x)sin(c)

If we e...

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Answered by Daniel R. Maths tutor
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