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A plane flew from Frankfurt to Hong Kong. The flight time was 10hours 45minutes. The average speed was 852km/h. Work out the distance the plane flew.

Approaching this question, I firstly begin by reading the question carefully and determining what it is that needs to be calculated. The next stage is writing down any important information stated in the que...
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What does differentiation actually do?

Differentiation allows you to find the rate of change of a variable relative to another, which is basically the gradient. So if you had a speed-time graph, finding the amount that speed changes over a given ...
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Find the equation of the tangent to the circle x^2 + y^2 + 10x + 2y + 13 = 0 at the point (-3, 2)

First, what is a tangent? A line which touches a circle (or ellipse) at just one point. In our case (-3,2) As it touches the line at one point, it is perpendicular the radius at (-3,2). Which implies that th...
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Solve the following simultaneous equations for x and y : 2x - y = 12; x + 3y = 20

When solving equations such as these we have two variables which represent two numbers. In order to solve them we want to isolate and remove one of the variables so we are only left with one, we do this by m...
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How do you add fractions? And how do you multiply fractions?

Addition of fractions involve the finding of a common denominator. This would aid the addition. The multiplication of fractions can be made much easier through finding if they can be made smaller through bas...
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