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A metal Sphere of radius Ym is melted down and remade into a cylinder of the same volume with height Ym with circular ends of radius 3m, find Y

The sphere has radius Y, so the volume of the sphere is 4/3 (pi) Y3 , The volume is the same for the cyclinder so we know the volume of the cylinder in terms of Y. Cyclinder volume = area of ci...

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Answered by James C. Maths tutor
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What is Pythagoras's theorem?

Pythagoras's theorem is used to calculate the lengths of the sides of right-angled triangles. The theorem can be used to find the length of the third side of a right-angled triangle, as l...

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Answered by Samuel J. Maths tutor
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How would I differentiate a function such as f(x)=x^3(e^(2x))?

Here, f(x)=x3e2x is a function consisting of two functions multiplied together, so we need to use the product rule. The product rule is as follows: where f(x)=u(x)v(x), f'(x)=u(x)v'(...

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Answered by Lauren B. Maths tutor
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Please Simplify: (2x^2+3x/(2x+3)(x-2))-(6/x^2-x-2))

Factorise both parts of the question. Our left side would become x(2x+3)/(2x+3)(x-2) and our right side would become 6/(x+1)(x-2). On our LHS the (2x+3) would cancel leaving x/x-2. In order to merge the f...

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Answered by Omar G. Maths tutor
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How do you find (and simplify) an expression, in terms of n, for the sum of the first n terms of the series 5 + 8 + 11 + 14 + ... ?

Normally, this would be quite hard! We'd have to play around with the sequence and try different formulas until something worked. Luckily, this is what we call an "Arithmetic Series". That's bec...

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Answered by Matthew S. Maths tutor
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