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Given that y=4x^3-(5/x^2) what is dy/dx in it's simplest form?

y = 4x^3-5x^-2 dy/dx = 12x^2+10x^-3

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Answered by Trishul P. Maths tutor
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Solve the following equation for k, giving your answers to 4 decimal places where necessary: 3tan(k)-1=sec^2(k)

3tan(k)-1=sec^2(k) () We want to get this in the form of a quadratic equation in a single variable, and in this case the easiest variable is tan(k). To do this we use the trigonometric identity sec^2(...

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Answered by Katrina M. Maths tutor
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Solve for 0<x≤2π, cos^2(x)-3cos(x)=5sin^2(x)-2, giving all answers exactly

Use the identity cos^2(x)+sin^2(x)=1, to change the 5sin^(x) into 5-5cos^2(x) and rearrange. Let y=sin(x) and solve the rearranged quadratic (6y^2-3y-3) for y and find the value of x for each solution. y=...

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Answered by Ben M. Maths tutor
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Solve the linear equation 12x - 4 = 3x + 2

The objective of this question is to find the solution, what is x equal to? The first thing to do is try to get all x terms on one side of the equation and all non x terms on the other. Here we have posit...

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Answered by Diogo F. Maths tutor
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Michael is saving for new iPhone. He gets £30 as pocket money per week, however he spends 20% of the whole amount for leisure and his savings only consists of the residue amount. If an iPhone costs £600 how many weeks would Michael need to save for it?

Given: £30 pounds per week 20% = 0.2 = 1/5 - spending on leisure

To find: a) Residue amount (Ra) b) How many weeks does Michael need to save (Tw)

Solution: a) To the find residue amount we m...

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Answered by Nikola N. Maths tutor
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