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What is the magnitude and direction of the resultant force of 3N horizontal and 5N vertical?

Magnitude:
Find the square root of 3^2+5^2=root of 34=5.83N (3sf)
Direction:
Draw a triangle with 3N at the bottom, 5N going up and the hypotenuse then represents the resultant force.The di...

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Why is it that the sum of all natural numbers up to n is 1/2(n)(n+1)?

First let's consider the case of even numbers. Suppose n is even, then it must be double some other number, so we have:
n = 2k
Where k is another natural number. We want to find out what:
1...

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Find dy/dx in terms of t for the curve defined by the parametric equations: x = (t-1)^3, y = 3t - 8/t^2, where t≠0

The first step is to recognise that, by the chain rule, dy/dx = dy/dt * dt/dx.
dy/dt and dt/dx can both be found by differentiating the functions given in the question, to give dy/dt and dx/dt. dt/d...

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integrate the following: 2x^4 - 4/sqrt(x) +3 with respect to x

The 3 terms of this equation can be integrated separately. The general integration of xⁿ is (xⁿ⁺¹)/n+1 where n is a real number not equal to -1. This can be applied to the terms 2x

Answered by Adrien F. • Maths tutor

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Why is the derivative of the exponential function itself?

The exponential function is defined as a power series, which we may (for reasons that are beyond the scope of A-level) differentiate term by term to get another power series. The general term of the serie...

Answered by George B. • Maths tutor

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