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    Financial Management Question

    Okay so we got this multiple choice question in our Trial Exam and we're having a postmortem. This question has caused debate: The following includes ratios of Bill's Pet Shop for 2008 and 2007: Gearing ratio --- 0.5:1 (2008)...
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    2007 HSC paper Question 22

    Hello Does anyone know where I could access the Newspaper Article featured in Question 22 of 2007 HSC IPT paper? It is awaiting copyright on the BOS. The question is to do with an RFID prisoner tracking system.
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    Geometric series

    Could someone please explain how to answer these tricky questions: 1) Which term of the series 8 - 4 + 2 - .... is equal to 1/128 ? 2) Which term of the series 3 + 21 + 147 + .... is equal to 352,947 ? 3) Which term of 7/9 + 14/45 + 28/225 + ... is equal to 224/28,125 ? 4) The third term of...
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    Emerging Trends in Communications

    What would you consider to be the 'emerging trends' in Home Networking/Communications over the past 1 - 3 years. I've already thought of Wireless Networking and Voice over IP.
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    Home Network Questions

    I've got this little diagram of a simple yet outdated home network from school today and I'm trying to get my head around the limitations of each device on the network. I'll try and explain the network as best as I can. So the family has 5 computers (nodes) in their home network. The father's...
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    Trapezoidal Rule Question - Integration

    Integration Questions Simple question and I've forgotten how to answer it. Could someone please explain how to get: Use the trapezoidal rule to find an approximation for: 1. 0∫2 (x^2 - x) dx, using 4 trapezia. 2. Evaluate: 4∫3 [(x^2 + x + 3) / (3x^5)] 3. Find the area enclosed...
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    Finding stationary points

    Could someone explain how you figure out these questions. I'm stuck :uhoh: From easiest to hardest: 1. Find the domain over which the curve y = x^3 + 12x^2 + 45x - 30 is increasing. 2. Find the stationary points on the curve y = (3x - 1) (x - 2)^4 3. Differentiate y = x√x + 1. Hence find...
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    Parabola questions

    1. Find the equation of the normal to the curve x^2 = 12y at the point (6 , 3). The normal meets the parabola again at point P. Find the coordinates of P. 2. The normal of the parabola x^2 = 18y at (-6 , 2) cuts the parabola again at Q. Find the coordinates of Q. 3. Find the equations of the...
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    Equation of the locus questions

    Hello, My class is currently finishing off the Prelim course with Locus and the parabola. Here are 2 questions I can't seem to work out. I get close to the answer in the back of the book. Since the back of the book doesn't have working out I wanna see how someone else gets the final answer...
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    Balls Of Steel

    Anyone watch this really funny UK based show on the Comedy Channel? It's about a few different people challenging for this balls of steel trophy...they do all sorts of hilarious pranks on people and other stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENlJB9gDs4g...
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    Maths Questions (Help needed please)

    Hello everyone, I recently did Maths Trials test and I am really not happy. It is truly one big wake up call for me since I regard Maths probably as my best subject (equal with english). I also ran out of time and did really bad at the start with the first 20 questions with some silly mistakes...
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