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What is the largest possible length of a pole you could fit in a room?

Lets say you are in a cubical grain silo, with a height of 12m, and a base with dimensions 3m by 4m. If you wanted to fit a pole in the silo, what is the largest possible length of the pole? 

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Answered by Tom W. Maths tutor
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How do you find the equation of a line at a given point that is tangent to a circle?

This question may start by giving you an equation, which you need to write in the form of the standard equation of a circle (usually by completing the square). This allows you to see the centre of the ...

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Answered by Tom W. Maths tutor
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What's the integral of x^2 +3/x, with respect to x?

A: x3/3 + 3ln(x) + A.

Step-by-step solution:

Integral (x2+3/x dx) =

[as integrals preserve sums]

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Answered by Marco G. Maths tutor
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What's the inverse of the function f=x+2?

If we apply a function and then its inverse, we should get back to where we started. 

Suppose we start with an element x. If we apply f to it, we get to x+2. In order to get back to where...

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Answered by Marco G. Maths tutor
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Why is anything to the power 0 equal 1?

This is often overlooked as no-one gives a reason to why this is and is often stated as a fact. We start off with the basic indice law of x* x= xy+z.
For example,...

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Answered by Pavit B. Maths tutor
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