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Each day Chen buys pasta or a sandwich. Where Pasta costs £3.20 and Sandwich costs £2.75. For 45 days, the relative frequency of Chen buying a sandwich was one fifth. Altogether, how much did he pay?

Firstly work out how many days Chen bought a sandwich, which was one fifth of 45 days. So 45/5 = 9. We then multiply 9 by the cost of a sandwich, 92.75 = 24.75. The remaining days Chen must have bough...

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Answered by Kyle M. Maths tutor
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Prove that (4x–5)^2 – 5x(3x – 8) is positive for all values of x.

To begin we need to simplify the expression. First we multiply out (4x–5)^2 to get 16x2+40x+25 and then we multiply out 5x(3x – 8) to get 15x2-40x. This makes the whole expression 16...

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Answered by Hannah W. Maths tutor
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Calculate the angle x in the following diagram. The area of the square is 16cm squared and the total area is 36.6cm squared.

This question was very difficult to explain through words; if it were to be used in a question paper, it would be presented as a diagram. I intend to use the whiteboard during the inteview to explain both...

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Answered by Daniel P. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x + 2y =4 4x + 5y =17

You are trying to find out the value of 'x' and the value of 'y'. 

This means that you need to be able to take away one equation from the other. 

3x + 2y = 4 - we are going to times this equ...

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Answered by Ellie W. Maths tutor
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How do you solve the following simultaneous equations? 5x+6y=3 2x-3y=12

5x+6y=3 2x-3y=12 6y=3-5x 2x=12+3y 3y=2x-12 Therefore, 6y=2(2x-12)=4x-24 4x-24=3-5x 9x=27 x=3

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Answered by Sathana I. Maths tutor
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