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The sides of a rectangle are x and (x+2), where x>0 the area of the rectangle is 8, what is the value of x?

X*(X+2) = 8X² + 2X = 8X² +2x-8=0S 2P -8N 4, -2(X+4)(X-2)X=-4 X=2X can only be positive in this case so X=2

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15 machines work at the same rate. Together, the 15 machines can complete an order in 8 hours. 3 of the machines break down after working for 6 hours. The other machines carry on working until the order is complete. In total, how many hours does EACH

The total number of 'machine hours' needed to complete an order is (15x8) = 120 hoursThe total number of hours worked by the broken machines = (6x3) = 18 hoursTherefore the total number of machine hours n...

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f is a function such that f(x)=2/(3x-3) Find the inverse function and ff^-1

As demonstrated on whiteboard

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Joe buy a pack of 7 chocolate bars. The pack costs £5.97, Joe sells all 7 chocolate bars for 87p each. Work out Joes percentage profit to 2 decimal places.

7 x £0.87 = £6.09(6.09/5.97) x 100 = 102.01%so percentage profit is 2.01% to 2 d.p.

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Why do we bother using surds?

Surds are exact - they can’t be rewritten as a decimal or fraction without introducing a rounding error. If we’re using numbers in a calculation, keeping them as exact as possible until we round to the re...

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