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Degrees are a made up unit; mathematicians simply decided that a complete revolution of a circle has 360 degrees, without that number actually meaning anything. Tecnically any number could have been picke...

In plain english, we need to show that there is a value of x, which we call "a", in the interval 1 < a < 2 where f(a)=0. To prove this we start by letting x = 1: f(1) = 3 - 5(1) + 1^3<...

With equations like this the most important thing is that you end up with all the numbers on one hand side and all the letters on the other side. People often think there is a 'right' and 'wrong' order to...

1. The number 'in front of' an unknown is called the Coefficient. When eliminating an unknown, look to see whether the coefficients of x are the same in both equations, or if the coefficients of y are ...

(1.) (a.) f’(x)=3x^2+6x-2

(b.) x=6 gradient=142

(c.) since f’(x)>0 at x=6, the function is increasing.