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Find the roots of 2x^2-5x-6=0 to 3dps

if we see the phrase "to N dps" this is a big hint to use the quadratic formula. The first thing we have to do is to is pick out the co-efficients ax^2+bx+c=0 a=2, b=-5, c=-6 Now we can pug thes...

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Answered by Liam M. Maths tutor
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Simplify √90+√360+5√10

The object of surds is to look for square numbers in each term and take the square root of them. √90=√9√10=3√10 √360=√36√10=6√10 Therefore adding all the terms together 3√10+6√10+5√10=14√10

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Answered by Liam M. Maths tutor
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How do I factorise and solve 2x^2+4x-6=0?

The 2 in front of the x^2 can cause confusion. In this case, the equation can be divided through by 2, to produce x^2+2x-3=0. From here it can be factorised by working out what adds to make '2' and times ...

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Answered by Madeleine R. Maths tutor
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solve to 2 decimal places; (2x+3/(x-4)) - 2x-8/(2x+1) = 1

the key to this question is to remove all the unknown denominators. to do this first move the negative fraction to the other side of the equation to get 2x+3/(x-4)=1 + 2x-8/(2x+1). then we need to combine...

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Answered by Dan M. Maths tutor
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There are n sweets in a bag. 6 are Orange, the rest are Yellow. Hannah takes a sweet out of the bag, and eats it, she does this twice. The Probability of Hannah eating two orange sweets is 1/3. Show that n^2 - n - 90 =0, and solve to find the value of n.

The first thing to recognise about this probability question, is the probability of eating an orange sweet from the bag. When she first puts her hand in the bag, there are a total of n sweets in the bag, ...

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Answered by Dylan D. Maths tutor
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