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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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Write the recurring decimal 0.0755... as a fraction in its lowest terms

The first step is to write x=0.0755... For this question the number that is recurring here is the 555…so what we want is to get two equations with the same recurring part after the decimal point. By multi...

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Answered by Bukky O. Maths tutor
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