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How do you complete the square?

You start off with a formula in the form y = x 2 + bx. The first step is to add the square of half of the coefficient of x: (b/2) 2 . This allows us to rearrange the formula into (x+ b/2) 2 . However, our fo...
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Answered by Jamie M. • Maths tutor
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How do I choose which term do I differentiate/integrate when I am integrating by parts

What you would do in this scenario is consider all the terms in the expression you are integrating. You then want to go through the acronym LATE to choose which term you should differentiate.L stands for Log...
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How can I factorise 2(x^2)+3x+1=0 ?

This quadratic equation is in the form ax^2+bx+c=0 (a=2, b=3, c=1), where there is a coefficient in front of X 2 term. First we have to multiply a and c. we then have to find two numbers z and y which multip...
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How do I use the quadratic formula?

example quadratic eqn: ax 2 +bx+c=0 => x = (-b+-(b 2 -4ac) 1/2 )/2a e.g. 4x 2 -13x+3/4=0 x= (13+-(157) 1/2 )/8 = 3.1912, 0.0588
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Integrate cos^2A

Integrating sin^2A and cos^2A is a bit nasty so we can use double angle formula to make it a little simpler. cos2A = cos^2A - sin^2A = 2cos^2A - 1. We can rearrange to get cos^2A in nicer terms. cos^2A = 1/2...
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Answered by River M. • Maths tutor
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