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PHP lesson 6 – While loop

By Magic Monk on Saturday, December 29, 2018

In this lesson we talk about while loops, how they work and how to code it in PHP. We use a while loop to set up a compound interest calculator.

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Super hard calculus Pythagoras / similar triangle finding minimum problem

By Magic Monk on Friday, December 28, 2018

A subscriber found an alternative solution to the previous trigonometry calculus problem using pythagoras and similar triangles. Have a look!

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PHP lesson 5 – If statement, Comparison operators

By Magic Monk on Thursday, December 27, 2018

In this tutorial we talk about the if statement as well as comparison operators. We also talk about else and elseif statements to be used in conjunction with the if statement.

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Super hard differentiation of trig function problem solving question

By Magic Monk on Wednesday, December 26, 2018

This is one of the hardest questions you will ever do that involves the derivative of trigonometric functions and finding the maximum / minimum. Have fun with it!

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How to get one Lego Mindstorms NXT brick to communicate to another NXT brick via Bluetooth

By Magic Monk on Monday, December 24, 2018

So in this tutorial I show you how to get one NXT brick to communicate to another NXT brick via Bluetooth. To be more specific, I rotate a motor on the first NXT brick and this results in the motor on the other NXT brick to rotate. So effectively you could use one NXT brick …

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Find the maximum volume of a cylinder inside a cone (Differentiation problem solving question)

By Magic Monk on Sunday, December 23, 2018

This is a problem solving question for differentiation in calculus – how to find the maximum volume of a cylinder inscribed in a cone. You must know how to find maximum and minimum of a function before attempting this question.

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EV3 Programming Challenge – A robot that measures your height

By Magic Monk on Saturday, December 22, 2018

I challenge you to program a robot that measures your height! Here is how I’ve done it. Comment once you have completed my challenge! I’ll make the solutions tutorial video soon.

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Finding the second derivative of a composite function using Chain rule and Product rule

By Magic Monk on Friday, December 21, 2018

Thanks to a subscriber for asking this question. This is a differentiation practice question for calculus that involves finding the second derivative of a function. You will need to understand the chain rule and the product rule before attempting this question. Have fun 🙂

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Lego Mindstorms EV3 Space Challenge Mission 3 tutorial

By Magic Monk on Thursday, December 20, 2018

This is actually mission 6 in the original activity but I decided to do it third, because the programming is pretty simple. In this video I show you how to program the robot.

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Chain rule problem solving question

By Magic Monk on Wednesday, December 19, 2018

This is a question that involves chain rule, hyperbolas (reciprocal functions) and limits. Try it yourself first then have a look at the answer 🙂

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