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How do I find the nth term of a sequence?

For any sequence where there is a common difference (it increases or decreases with the same amount, n, each time) you can find the nth term using the formula: dn+(a-d) "a" is the value of the firs...
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Answered by Laura M. Maths tutor
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How do I form the passive voice?

Contrary to popular belief, the passive is a 'voice' not a tense, but it can be used in different tenses - the present, past or future for example. Confusing huh? So when should you use the passive voice? It...
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Answered by Penny P. German tutor
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How do I know whether I should use -er, -é(e/s) or -ez?

For many people (including, unfortunately, French people), this is a recurrent mistake, despite the fact it can be avoided easily. Those endings are used for different things. The first one, '-er', is the in...
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Answered by Solweig O. French tutor
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What is integration by parts, and how is it useful?

"Integration by parts" is one of several methods in our arsenal that we can use to integrate a function f ( x ). It involves expressing f ( x ) as the product of two other functions, which I will c...
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Answered by Alexander J. Maths tutor
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What are the roots of 3x^2 + 13x + 4 ?

To find the roots, we solve the equation 3 x 2 + 13x + 4 = 0. We could try factorising the equation, which gives us (3x + 1)(x + 4) = 0 So the roots are x = -1/3 and x = -4. Alternatively, we could use the q...
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Answered by Nicholas B. Maths tutor
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