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A,B,C and D are points on a circle. ABCD is a square of side 7 cm. Work out the total area of the shaded regions. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number.

To work out the shaded area, we first need to calculate the area of the square and the area of the circle. The shaded area is equal to the area of the circle minus the area of the square.
The area of...

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Answered by Avnish S. Maths tutor
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OCR C2 2015 Question 8: (a) Use logarithms to solve the equation 2^(n-3) = 18,000 , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. (b) Solve the simultaneous equations log2(x) + log2(y) = 8 & log2(x^2/y) = 7.

(a)This question actually tells us what to do. It is very hard to miss "use logarithms to solve...". So our first step is going to be to use logs (espec...

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Answered by Jonathan H. Maths tutor
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How do you integrate sin(3x)cos(5x)?

STEP 1 Cannot integrate directly in this form, therefore use a trigonometric identity. Identity: sin(A) + sin(B) = 2sin((A+B)/2)cos((A-B)/2) STEP 2 (A+B)/2 = 3x             A + B = 6x   (1) (A-B)/2 = 5x  ...

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Answered by Catherine F. Maths tutor
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Why does the constant disappear when differentiating a function?

We can think of the constant term in a function in terms of x, for example in x^2 + 3x + 2 as 2 being multiplied by x^0. Anything to the power of 0 is equal to one, so in our example we would have 2 * x^ ...

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Answered by Abdullah P. Maths tutor
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Factorise: y = x^2 + 5x + 6

With quadratic equations, there are two ways in which to answer
Firstly (and most simply), look for two numbers that multiply to make c and add up to make b in the equation y = ax2 + bx +...

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Answered by Adnan N. Maths tutor
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