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What is 'Gearing' and how is it interpreted?

Gearing is a ratio that looks at the proportion of capital funded by debt. It is used as a measure of risk as it assesses how much of a business's capital is funded by loans - the higher the gearing ratio, t...
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Express 56 as a product of prime factors in its simplest form

A prime factor is a factor (or divisor) that cannot be divided by another number.So we start with the first prime number 2: 56 / 2 = 28.8 is even, so we can divide by 2 again, 28 / 2 = 14.14 is even so we ca...
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What is the difference between a vector and a scalar quantity?

A vector describes both magnitude and direction, whereas a scalar only describes the magnitude. A common example is speed and velocity. Speed is a scalar, it describes only how fast something is going and ve...
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Simplify (3x^2 - 6x)/ (6x^3 - 19x^2 + 9x +10)

3x(x-2)/(2x+1)(x-2)(3x-5) 3x/(2x+1)(3x-5)
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HIV is diagnosed by blood tests. State two safety precautions that need to be taken when handling blood samples.

In order to make sure that safety precautions are met, when handling blood samples we must make use of gloves in order to cover all cuts and avoid contact. Furthermore, you must store samples in sealed conta...
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