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How do I factorise a quadratic equation?

A quadratic equation will always take the form ax2 + bx + c, where x is a variable and a, b and c are numbers. The equation may be given to you with several x2 values, several x valu...

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Answered by Kate M. Maths tutor
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Ben would like to buy two tickets for the theatre, each ticket costs £25 and there is a 15% booking fee applied to the ticket cost. How much does it cost him to buy the two tickets with the additional fee?

25 x 2 = 50
15% = 0.15
50 x 1.15 = 57.5
or
0.15 x 50 = 7.5
50 + 7.5 = 57.5

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Answered by Alexander P. Maths tutor
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How to do simultaneous equations?

  1. Give the student an example question.e.g: past paper question from OCR (higher tier) paper 4 2017
    Each week Dan drives two routes, route x and route y.
    One week he drives route x three ti...
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Answered by Rachel R. Maths tutor
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The value of a new car is £18000. The value of the car decreases by 25% in the first year, and 12% in each of the next 4 years. Work out the value of the car after 5 years.

In the 1st year the car loses 25% of its value, meaning it retains 75% of its value. The starting value (100%) was £18000, so multiplying this by the 75% retained - remembering to change this to decimal n...

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What's the key to solving simultaneous equations?

With simultaneous equations, a lot of the maths GCSE qualification, the best approach is to work things out step by step and write every step you take down on your exam paper. This does seem like its time...

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Answered by David I. Maths tutor
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