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The easiest method to solve quadratic equations by hand is by factorisation - which means putting the equation into brackets, effectively expressing the equation as a product of two linear expressions. Im...

5+3=8 80/8= 10 therefore one part = 10 john receives 5 parts, simon receives 3 john=5x10=50 simon=3x10=30

By using our laws of Indices we know: x^5 * x^12 = x^17 and x^4 * x^4 = x^16

Therefor (x^5 * x^8)/(x^4 * x^4) = x^17/x^16 = x^1 = x.

Label your two equations 1 and 2 respectively. Make x the subject of the second equation, so x=2-y. Substitute x=2-y into x^2+y^2=9, to give (2-y)^2+y^2=9. Expand the brackets using FOIL to give 4-4y+y^2+...

Step 1: Find factors of the constant (The number with no x attached to it), In our case this is 2. The factors of 2 are: 1 & 2 and -1 & -2.

Step 2: The sum of the factors from step 1 must e...