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Factorise x^2 - 7x + 12 = 0

Method 1) Find two numbers which multiply to 12, and who’s sum is -7. ( This could be done by writing out the factors of 12, and seeing which add to -7.) From doing this we get -3 and -4, therefore our an...

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Answered by Rachel S. Maths tutor
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Solve 4(x-5)=3x-6

First, expand brackets to make your life easy. So you would do 4 times x and 4 times -5 to give u 4x-20. Then gather all the x's on one side of the equation and numbers on the other side. 4x-20=3x-6. Reme...

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Answered by Aymen S. Maths tutor
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There are a collection of CDs. There are 2 Rock CDs, x Pop CDs and 2x + 5 Jazz CDs. A CD is chosen at random, the probability that it is Rock is 1/20. Work out the probability it is Jazz.

To answer this question first we need to work out how many CDs we have in total. We do this by adding up the number of CDs in each category:Total = 2 + x + 2x + 5.
We can simplify this to give:Total ...

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Answered by James M. Maths tutor
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A circle is touching a square. The area of the square is 64 cm^2. Work out the area of the circle.

The first step of looking at a question like this is to highlight all the important information in the question. We are told that the square has an area of 64 cm2 so what can we infer about the...

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Answered by James M. Maths tutor
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Solve x^2 - 5x - 14 = 0

This is an example of a quadratic equation which we can solve on of two ways as it takes the form ax^2 + bx - c = 0a = 1, b = -5, c = -14 (1) Factorisation which we can do ourselves OR (2) Use the quadrat...

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Answered by Jessica B. Maths tutor
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