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There are 30 balls in the bag, 10 of which are blue. Adam takes 2 balls out of the bag without a replacement and calculated that there is a probability of 0.2 of both balls being blue. What percentage error did he make compared to the true probability?

True probability of 2 consecutive balls picked being blue: (10/30)*(9/29)=3/29 which is 0.1034 (4 d.p.)

3/29-100% 0.2-x% so, x=0.2*100/(3/29)= 193.3 (1 d.p.) therefore Adam's result is 93.3 % (1 d....

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Solve 7x=4(x-8)

The first thing you need to do to make this easier is to multiply out the brackets so that you can then move all the 'x' terms to one side and all the numbers to the other side. It would become: 7x=4x-32 ...

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How do you find the HCF of 110 and 132

Draw a diagram breaking down 110 and 132 into their multiples (on whiteboard), e.g. 110=1110 132=1112 Circle the prime numbers, 11, and then break down the composite numbers (those that aren't pr...

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What is (2/3)^(-1/3)?

We can split this power into two bits - the negative sign and the fraction.

Let's deal with the negative sign first and forget about the fraction.

So a negative always means '1 over', or the...

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How do you multiply an "number" with powers for example a^3 * a^6

When multiplying powers: we add the powers together (3+6) so we get a^9 When dividing powers: we subtract the powers so a^6/a^3 =(6-3)= a^3 When adding or subtracting them we do not change the power. We m...

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