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You are sitting in a boat on a lake, you have with you in the boat a large rock. You throw the rock out of the boat and it sinks to the bottom of the lake, does the water level of the lake go up, down or stay the same?

Whilst in the boat the rock (and you) are floating, this means that the amount of water displaced by the rock is the mass of the rock. When the rock sinks to the bottom of the lake the amount of water displa...
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Qu'est ce qu'on peut faire chez nous pour protéger la planète?

Aujourd'hui il est maintenant absolument primordial qu'on essaie de protéger la planète plus que jamais. A mon avis, la question de l'environnement m'inquiète énormément et il me semble que la réponse doit c...
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 5x+5y = 6 7x+3y = 6

Label the equations 1) 5x+5y = 6 and 2) 7x+3y = 6 . Then rearrange equation 1 to make x the subject of the equation: 5x = 6-5y. You would then simplify this equation to find the equation for x: x = 6/5 - y. ...
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If a semi-circle has radius 4cm, work out the area of the semi-circle

The formula for the area of a circle is pi r 2 ,therefore for semi- circle, the formula becomes1/2 pi r 2 Using our known values this is 1/2 pi*16 (4 2 )Using a calculator this gives the value25.13 (2 d.p)
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Plot out y= x^2 - x - 2 for values of x from -3 to +3 and label the turning point

x y-3 10-2 4-1 00 -21 -22 03 4 And then be able to plot out these points on a simple graph. The x-coordinate of the turning point is half way between the two points at which the curve crosses the x-axis. Ins...
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