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How do you work out the tangent to a circle at a given point on the circle?

(Suppose the coordinates of the point on the circle is (2, 3))To calculate the tangents equation we will first work out it's gradient. The tangent to a circle at a point is perpendicular to the radius of ...

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Answered by James H. Maths tutor
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Express 5/8 as a decimal

Note that 1/4 as a decimal is 0.25, half of this is 1/8 which is 0.125.Multplying this by 5: we get 0.625

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Answered by James M. Maths tutor
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I struggle to simplify the following equation: (see answer)

3l2mn + nl2m - 5mn2l + l2nm + 2n2ml - mn2
The first step is to ask yourself if there is anything that could help you simplify the equ...

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Answered by Luc S. Maths tutor
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Integral of Cosec(x)/Sec(x) (i.e. Use of trignometric identities)

∫  Cosec (x)/Sec (x) dx∫  [1/Sin (x)]/ [1/Cos (x)] dx∫  [1/Sin (x)] * [Cos (x)] dx∫  Cot (x)= ln [Sin (x)] + c

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Answered by Sean M. Maths tutor
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In a class there are 12 girls and 18 boys. what proportion of the girls are there in the class? Simplify

the total number of students in the class would be 12 girls plus 18 boys which is 30 in total. The proportion of the girls would mean dividing the number of girls by the total number of students so 12/3...

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Answered by Ionela M. Maths tutor
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