
Year P16 Being curious
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Vector journeys
Charlie likes to go for walks around a square park, while Alison likes to cut across diagonally. Can you find relationships between the vectors they walk along?
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problem
Three by one
There are many different methods to solve this geometrical problem - how many can you find?
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problem
Climbing powers
$2\wedge 3\wedge 4$ could be $(2^3)^4$ or $2^{(3^4)}$. Does it make any difference? For both definitions, which is bigger: $r\wedge r\wedge r\wedge r\dots$ where the powers of $r$ go on for ever, or $(r^r)^r$, where $r$ is $\sqrt{2}$?
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problem
Folium of Descartes
Investigate the family of graphs given by the equation x^3+y^3=3axy for different values of the constant a.