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When do I use Sin, Cos and Tan?

Just remember SOH,CAH,TOA. It sounds like Sock-A-Toe-Ah. Quite strange but extremely effective. SOH means Sin=Opposite/Hypotenuse Cos=Adjacent/Hypotenuse Tan=Opposite/Adjacent The three letters in each ab...

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Answered by Darren C. Maths tutor
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Can you explain the product rule when differentiating?

When differentiating the product of two functions, we need to use the product rule. The theory of it is: (fg(x))'=f'(x)g(x) + f(x)g'(x). This explanation is-differentiate the first function and leave the ...

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Answered by Darren C. Maths tutor
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Make x the subject of the equation: 5x+1 = 2-4x

fist of all you rearrange the equation so you have the x in one side so the equation would look like this: 5x+4x = 1, then you add up the x´s and divide both sides by 9 so the solution would be x= 1/9

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Answered by Daniel A. Maths tutor
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Find the x-Coordinate of the minimum point of the function: f(x) = x^2 + 2x - 5

One of the easiest ways to find a minimum/ maximum point is using differentiation.

The derivative of the function f(x) is usually written as dy/dx or f'(x) and is essentially a function that tells ...

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Answered by Sachin M. Maths tutor
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The quadratic equation x^2 + 4kx+2(k+1) = 0 has equal roots, find the possible values of k.

For a quadratic equation ax^2 +bx +c = 0 with equal roots we know the discriminant b^2-4ac must equal 0. From our equation we have a=1, b=4k and c=2(k+1) so using b^2-4ac = 0 we have (4k)^2 -412(...

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Answered by Ayyub A. Maths tutor
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