Exponential and logarithmic functions

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Gosh cosh

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Explore the hyperbolic functions sinh and cosh using what you know about the exponential function.
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Hyperbolic thinking

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Explore the properties of these two fascinating functions using trigonometry as a guide.
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A very shiny nose?

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

This problem explores the biology behind Rudolph's glowing red nose, and introduces the real life phenomena of bacterial quorum sensing.
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Function pyramids

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

A function pyramid is a structure where each entry in the pyramid is determined by the two entries below it. Can you figure out how the pyramid is generated?
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Prime counter

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

A short challenge concerning prime numbers.
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What's that graph?

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?
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Cobalt decay

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

Investigate the effects of the half-lifes of the isotopes of cobalt on the mass of a mystery lump of the element.
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Stirling work

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

See how enormously large quantities can cancel out to give a good approximation to the factorial function.
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Back fitter

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?
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Drug stabiliser

Age

16 to 18

Challenge level

How does the half-life of a drug affect the build up of medication in the body over time?