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How much of my personal statement should be demonstrating knowledge and how much should be past experiences?

Ideally, the two would be able to connect in some way. For example, past experiences volunteering at the local museum could highlight an aspect you particulalry enjoyed in a history lesson, or brought home t...
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How can I include context in my writing in a natural way?

One of the key points to remember when including context around the texts you are writing about, is to avoid simply attaching it to the end of a sentence. To help weave the context into your essays naturally...
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Find the value of 4a + 3b when a=2 and b=5

This question is asking us to place a number in the place of their corresponding letter, so as the letter a is attached to the number two, whenever we see the letter a in the equation we would replace it wit...
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Answered by Roisin M. • Maths tutor
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Express 5cosx - 3sinx in the form Rcos(x+a).

cos(x+a)=cosxcosa-sinxsina so cosa=5 sina=3 which means tana=3/5 a=0.54 RADIANS R=sqrt(5 2 +3 2 ). =sqrt(34) so sqrt(34)cos(x+0.54)
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What is the difference between a vector and a scalar quantity?

A scalar quantity is one that has a magnitude (size) only, and no associated direction in which that size 'points'. A good example of a scalar is temperature, because temperature has a size (for example 20 d...
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Answered by Frazer N. • Physics tutor
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