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How do you factorise x^2 + 3x + 2?

Since there is an x^2 term, we know that there are two brackets that are of the form (x- ) (x- ), but we need to fill in the blanks! What are the two numbers where you can add them up to make 3, and you can ...
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Show that the cubic function f(x) = x^3 - 7x - 6 has a root x = -1 and hence factorise it fully.

f(-1) = (-1)^3 - (-1)*7 - 6 = -1 + 7 - 6 = 0 Hence f(x) = (x+1)(x^2 + ax - 6) Expand this out f(x) = x^3 + ax^2 - 6x + x^2 + ax - 6 = x^3 + (a+1)x^2 + (a-6)x -6 By comparing co-efficients a + 1 = 0 a - 6 = -...
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What is Mathematical Induction?

Mathematical induction is a type of direct proof, where you can prove sequences or series. A good example of this is that we can prove 1 + 3 + 5 + .... + (2n-1) = n^2. There are 4 steps: 1. Prove the first c...
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Describe the main forms of river erosion.

Erosion is the wearing away of the bank of the river as well as the bedload it transports. There are four main forms of river erosion. Firstly, Hydraulic action is where the force of the water acts to break ...
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Describe the motion of a moving object with a given Displacement-Time graph. For each section on the graph, indicate the direction of motion and identify if the object is accelerating or not. What would the object's Velocity-Time graph look like?

Section 1: The object is moving away from its origin with a constant speed . There is no acceleration as demonstrated by the linear increase in displacement. Section 2: The object is stationary . Section 3: ...
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