Combined Science GCSE
Rearranging
What Rearranging means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Changing the equation so that distance moved by substance equals R_f multiplied by distance moved by solvent.
Using inverse operations to make mass or speed the subject when kinetic energy is known.
Writing the equation as a = F ÷ m or m = F ÷ a as the question requires.
Topics that use Rearranging
- Changes in energy (AQA GCSE)
- Chromatography (AQA GCSE)
- Newton's Second Law (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- a = F ÷ m
- Acceleration
- Acceleration and deceleration
- Approximation
- Chromatogram
- Chromatography
- Converting units
- Direct and inverse proportionality
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