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Edexcel, 2016, Foundation Maths GCSE: A running club has 50 members. 30 members take part in road races, 15 members take part in fell races, 12 members do not run in road or fell races. How many members run both fell and road races?

Start with a Venn Diagram. Ask them to draw it out and put the numbers where they think the numbers should go. Talk about overlapping: e.g. imagine two paper circles that overlap. The middle portion is thick...
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Why does the rate of change of potential difference between two capacitor plates decrease as the capacitor discharges?

Current, I , is related to voltage by Ohm's law, I=V/R . As the capacitor discharges, the current will decrease as less charge is "released" from the capacitor. From Ohm's law, we would expect lowe...
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A rectangle has a total perimeter of 32cm with sides of length '3x' and 'x+8'. Solve for x.

3x + x+ 8 + 3x + x + 8 = 328x + 16 = 328x = 16x = 2
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What is osmosis and how does it differ from diffusion

osmosis is the movement of water Across a semi permeable membrane. Water molecules more from an area of high water concentration to an are of low water. This would bean water would move from an area where th...
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Differentiate cos(2x^3)/3x

Using quotient rule y = u/v - dy/dx = (v.du/dx - u.dv/dx)/v 2 .u = cos(2x 3 ) , a = 2x 3 . du/da = -sin(a), da/dx = 6x 2 . From chain rule, we know that du/dx = du/da . da/dx, so du/dx = -6x 2 sin(2x 3 ). We...
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