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Study Universal (all site questions) online. There are currently 11,933 pages of content ranging from illustrations and explanations to 4,817 fully worked exam questions and 1,837 o-tests (on-line assessments). Almost every page is interactive offering you much more than simply an online text book.

Assessment Content

O-tests (Online Tests) arranged in levels as follows:

Module	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	Total
3	8	0	0	9	5	3	2	10	37
A	0	39	27	18	47	77	49	8	265
B	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	5
C	6	3	14	18	27	59	24	12	163
D	1	11	26	39	51	49	16	13	206
E	0	0	4	9	6	20	5	3	47
F	5	2	5	12	16	9	6	13	68
G	1	2	2	4	5	45	13	11	83
H	0	0	2	3	1	2	3	1	12
I	0	3	10	24	25	23	6	0	91
K	0	0	2	1	5	17	6	0	31
L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
M	2	13	9	9	20	30	12	4	99
N	0	4	3	5	18	14	4	6	54
O	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
P	7	12	8	32	33	57	41	19	209
Q	10	0	0	0	0	5	17	16	48
S	12	5	14	28	68	75	19	23	244
T	4	0	4	8	20	19	6	17	78
U	2	0	1	2	1	5	3	2	16
V	1	5	2	16	3	10	8	7	52
W	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	7
Totals	59	99	133	238	356	529	240	165	1819

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ID 8193: Differentiation : Trig functions : Visualise cos (x ± a) Addition Formulae
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ID 8192: Differentiation : Trig functions : Visualise sin (x ± a) Addition Formulae
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ID 8191: Trigonometry : Double angle formulae : Visualise cos(ax) Formulae
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ID 8190: Trigonometry : Double angle formulae : Visualise sin(ax) Formulae
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ID 8189: Trigonometry : Trig functions : Find Derived Identity 1
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ID 8187: Exponentials and logs : Logarithms : Law: a log(b)=log(b^a)
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