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What is 'cotx'?

cot is a short way to write 'cotangent'. This is the reciprocal of the  trigonometric function 'tangent' or tan(x).

Therefore, cot(x) can be simplified to 1/tan(x).

Using trigonometric...

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Answered by Lucy G. Maths tutor
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What is the difference between distance and displacement?

Distance refers to how far an object has travelled in total during its motion.

Displacement refers to the object's overall change in position/ h...

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Answered by Lucy G. Maths tutor
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How do you find the equation of a straight line on a graph?

Firstly you need to find the gradient and to do this you identify two points on the graph and the gradient is the change in the value of the y values divided by the change in the value of the x values...

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Answered by Oliver J. Maths tutor
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How do you differentiate x^2?

You bring the power down to multiply by the existing coefficient of x =1 in this case, and then you reduce the existing power by 1 leaving you with dy/dx= 2x. 

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Answered by Oliver J. Maths tutor
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How can algebraic expressions be simplified?

In algebra, long expressions can be simplified which makes them easier to solve.

We can simplify alebraic expressions by collecting together "like terms".

Wh...

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Answered by Fraser M. Maths tutor
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