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  1. bleakarcher

    1992 Sydney Grammar School Paper: Triangle geometry problem

    check your final line, beta=pi/2-2*alpha not pi/2-alpha
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    Official BOS Study Meat v2.0 (Winter Edition)

    have you told your parents about the fine yet (lol)?
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    Official BOS Study Meat v2.0 (Winter Edition)

    damn so tired...'twas a good day!
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    Official BOS Study Meat v2.0 (Winter Edition)

    damn, okay thanks for that. awaiting carrot's help for now.
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    Moving about question

    lol rep system is gone m8 a) v^2=u^2+2as Since u=0, a=g, => v^2=2gs When s=50. => v^2=100g=1000 taking g=10 m/s^2 Hence, the velocity of the man at the end of free fall is roughly sqrt(1000) m/s b) v^2=u^2+2as (Note that I will changing the reference point to where the rope reaches natural...
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    Official BOS Study Meat v2.0 (Winter Edition)

    I'm going to be catching the T80 bus to Parra. Just to be sure I want to ask does the T80 ALWAYS stop at this side of the station (refer to attachment)?
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon Weren't you interested in the more stimulating problems? I know I was.
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon I just tried it and got 1/x
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon yep, well done :)
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon yep, that's what I got.
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon Good question.
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon yep simplifying leads to the general equation of an ellipse x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2=1
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    2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon

    Re: 2012 Year 9 &10 Mathematics Marathon the question is basically asking for the maximum amount of mushrooms you can store in the standard case. you assume that each case is used to this maximum.
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    Mechanics question

    This.
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    Cool problem of the day!

    I remember doing this a while ago now. k=2/3
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    Cool problem of the day!

    Is it sqrt(3)?
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