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What is the centre and radius of the circle x^2+y^2-6x+4y=-4

First make left =0x2+y2-6x+4y+4=0Second put same terms together(x2-6x)+(y2+4y)+4=0Complete the Square (do a square (X+b)2 that gives you you x2 ...

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The curve C has equation y = 2x^2 - 12x + 16 Find the gradient of the curve at the point P (5, 6).

The most simple way to find the gradient of a quadratic curve at a point is to differentiate. Through differentiation a function for the gradient at each value of x can be found. 'y' must be isolated on o...

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Find the inverse of the matrix C=(1,2;4,9)

Give the general formula for determinant and inverse of 2x2 matrix. Calculate determinant=19-28=1 using formula inverse=1/determinant*(8,-2;-4,1)

Answered by Nefeli A. Maths tutor
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Prove the identity: (sinx - tanx)(cosx - cotx) = (sinx - 1)(cosx - 1)

(sinx - tanx)(cosx - cotx)= (sinx - sinx/cosx)(cosx - cosx/sinx)= sinxcosx - (sinx + cosx) + 1= (sinx - 1)(cosx - 1)

Answered by Charlie P. Maths tutor
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Prove by induction that the nth triangle number is given by n(n+1)/2

base case: (1 x 2)/2 = 1 as required inductive step: assuming statement holds for n=k, the (k+1)th triangle number is given by k(k+1)/2 + (k+1) by definition=(k^2+3k+2)/2=(k+1)(k+2)/2=(k+1)((k+1)+1)/2resu...

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