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What is a neutrino?

A neutrino is a fundamental particle of matter, meaning that it has no substructure (it can't be broken down further into components). It has a very low mass, so the gravitational force exerted on it and ...

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Answered by Patrick C. Physics tutor
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What is a vector?

A quantity may be a scalar (just a magnitude, just a number) or a vector, with magnitude and direction. For example, speed is a measure of how fast something is going, but velocity is a measure of how fas...

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How do I differentiate an algebraic expression? (e.g. y=3x^4 - 8x^3 - 3) [the ^ represents x being raised to a power]

y=3x4-8x3-3
Let's say we want to calculate dy/dx. For a term Axn, the differential with respect to x is Anxn-1. For a constant value, we can say t...

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Answered by Patrick C. Maths tutor
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Work out the nth term of the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, ...

This is an example of an arithmetic series because each term is +4 from the previous term.This means for the "nth term" we start with +4n.Now we take a specific term from the sequence e.g. 3 (1s...

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Answered by Alice L. Maths tutor
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How do I expand double brackets? E.g. (4x+7)(3x+5)

In order to expand the brackets, we need to ensure that EVERYTHING in the left bracket is multiplied by EVERYTHING in the right bracket. There are 3 methods for helping us to times out the brackets. These...

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Answered by Shona A. Maths tutor
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