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How do you solve quadratic and linear simultaneous equations?

For two linear simultaneous equations, two algebraic methods can be used to find solutions.The first is elimination, which is usually a lot quicker. Elimination involves subtracting one equation form t...

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Answered by Jack A. Maths tutor
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What are volumes of revolution and how are they calculated?


Volumes of revolution are contructed by a fuction of x, y=f(x), rotated 360 degrees, or 2pi radians around the x asxis. For example, a function of y=2 would create a cylinder of radius 2 in its ...

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N = 2A + B. A is a two-digit square number. B is a two-digit cube number. What is the smallest possible value of N?

A is a 2-digit square number. In order to find the smallest N number we want to find the smallest possible 2-digit sqaure number. To sqaure a number means to multiply this number by itself, e.g. the sq...

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How do we solve a second order, homogeneous, linear differential equation?

First of all let's think about what this really means:

Homogeneous means that all term in the differential equation contain the dependent variable(in most cases y). The dependent variable...

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What is a 'derivative'?

If we have a function f(x), taking its derivative would obtain a new function f'(x). However, now this second function f'(x) defines the tangent along any point on the original graph of f(x). This is u...

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