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Find the turning points of the curve y = 3x^4 - 8x^3 -3

Differentiate to get:dy/dx = 12x^3 -24x^2Factorise and set equal to 0:12x^2(x-2) = 0Solve to get x = 2 and x =0.
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What are the differences between sound waves and electromagnetic waves?

Propagation: Sound waves are longitudinal , meaning that the vibrations occur parallel to the direction of propagation (travel). Electromagnetic waves are transverse , meaning that the vibrations occur perpe...
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How do you solve these simultaneous equations? 4x + 5y = 8; 2x + 3y = 5

By elimination:(eq1) 4x + 5y = 8(eq2) 2x + 3y = 5By eye you can see that 2x multiplied by 2 is 4x.If we multiply the whole of (eq2) by 2 we get:(eq2.1) 4x + 6y = 10(eq1) 4x + 5y = 8If we subtract the whole o...
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Explain how a protein is synthesised

The process starts in the nucleus A gene (section of DNA coding for a protein) unwinds, and the 2 DNA strands making it up unzip Transcription then occurs - one DNA strand is used as a template to make mRNA ...
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We've learned a bit about DNA and genes but how does inheritance work?

Okay so, so far you've probably covered a bit about DNA, how it's stored in chromosomes and what genes are for. Inheritance is now simply about how a gene that comes from your mum and a gene that comes from ...
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