Hewson's Heavyweights 1
A Long Time at the Till
Try to solve this very difficult problem and then study our two suggested solutions. How would you use your knowledge to try to solve variants on the original problem?
Building Approximations for Sin(x)
Build up the concept of the Taylor series
Earth Orbit
Follow in the steps of Newton and find the path that the earth follows around the sun.
The Derren Brown Coin Flipping Scam
Calculate probabilities associated with the Derren Brown coin scam in which he flipped 10 heads in a row.
Catalyse That!
Can you work out how to produce the right amount of chemical in a temperature-dependent reaction?
Trig-trig
Explore the properties of combinations of trig functions in this open investigation.
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