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    general solutions of trig. equations

    lol over 6 year old thread cos 54 cos x + sin 54 sin x = sin 2x cos(54 - x) = cos(90 - 2x) now cos(54 - x) = cos(54 - x + 360*n) = cos(x-54 +360*n) so 90 - 2x = 54 - x + 360n x = 36 + 360n or 90 - 2x = x-54 +360*n 3x = 144 + 360n x = 48 + 120n
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    maximum problem

    what's the volume of the cone in terms of a, and say, the height of the cone?
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    Integration of the Reciprocal function

    well you don't want the x on top, so you need to think of a way to get rid of it you could do this by
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    Quick integration question

    \frac{x^2}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ = \frac{-(1-x^2)}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ = -\sqrt{1-x^2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ \\ integrate first part with trig substitution
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    Traveling faster than C(yes i screwed the name up so i made a new one)

    well if you accelerate the inside accelerator, to near C, then to the observer it will appear to be going at near C. if you also had a particle that was going at near C in the inner accelerator, relative to the inner accelerator, then to the outside observer it would look like it was going...
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    Advanced Mathematics Questions

    what are you learning this stuff in?
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    trig question

    second bit is just sine rule
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    Inverse functions

    you only get one sin-1x value for every x value its range is -pi/2 =< sin-1x =< pi/2
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    Inverse functions

    inverse sin is only in the 1st and 4th quadrants if it's negative it has to be in 4th
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    Binomial Q

    for the second, you just have to figure out a way that you could get those odd powers to somehow cancel out. (looking at the RHS may give you an idea of something to try)
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    Binomial Q

    for the first one, when you integrated did you remember the constant of integration?
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    Probability question (perms and combs)

    1/5 sounds right to me
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    Inspiring songs

    :cool:
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    Why is G.P.E negative?

    when we use GPE in calculations we would be dealing with changes in the GPE, so it doesn't matter whether your GPE is positive or negative. it's just set it to which is most convenient
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    Induction

    tan[\pi /4 \times (2[n+1]+1)]\\ = -tan[(n+1) \pi - (2[n+1]+1)]\\ = - tan[n \pi +\pi - n \pi/2 - 3\pi/4]\\ = - tan[ n \pi/2 + \pi/4]\\ = -tan[\pi/4(2n+1)] + all the other induction stuff
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    Polynomial Q.

    y = -2(x+3)(x+3)(x-5) ? just from factorising it + adding the constant the will make y(0) = 90
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    If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does ....

    Re: If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does . ...?
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    If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does ....

    Re: If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does . in that case it would probably some kind of friction issue? maybe friction for a rolling body along this surface is such that it has less effect on the heavier marble. i dunno oh wait yeah =/ i was thinking...
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    If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does ....

    Re: If I roll a marble down a ramp and of the edge of a bench or something why does . he's just rolling the marbles off the ramp and then they fall through the air, right? in which case, the distance is dependent on velocity, and a larger radius should mean a smaller velocity (but then...
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