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Why bother with learning calculus?

Calculus is the maths of change. This sounds familiar;

In mechanics changing distances, velocities etc... 

In motor sport Integration would be the sum of momentum over time ...

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Answered by Harpreet T. Maths tutor
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What's the point of Maths?

Every subject has a paticular career path. Maths is an exception which is at the forfront of most things. Anytime you saw data, results, surveys, polls, predictions, forecasts, returns & any others...

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Answered by Harpreet T. Maths tutor
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Factorise the following a) 8x + 6y b) 7xy + 3xzy c)5xyz - 20x^2y^2z

In order to factorise successfully, we have found the highest common factor for part a,b and c (the highest number that can be divided exactly into each of the terms) and placed these outside of the br...

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Answered by Dhrushee S. Maths tutor
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What does it mean to differentiate a function?

A function represents a quantity. For example the function s = (6t2 + 4t) m, could represent displacement. The unknown t is inputted to find the displacement an object travels at a certain t...

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Answered by Neha J. Maths tutor
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How do you differentiate x^x?

There are two ways we can find the derivative of x^x.

It's important to notice that this function is neither a power function of the form x^k nor an exponential function of the form b^x, so we...

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Answered by Alina K. Maths tutor
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