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Tim stretches by leaning against a pole that is 1.5 metres tall and at a right angle to the floor. Tim is standing 0.5 metres away from the pole, how tall is Tim; leaving your answer in terms of metres? (2.d.p)

This can be solved using Pythagoras. We know that the pole is 90 degrees to the floor so the height of the pole is the opposite side. The distance between Tim and the pole is therefore the adjacent and hence...
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Answered by Morgan S. • Maths tutor
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5x – 6 = 3x + 7

whenever you move a term across the equals sign, the sign changes. So first we are going to move all of the x terms onto the left side and all of the number terms onto the right side, remembering that if we ...
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How do I revise for my Maths GCSE exam?

Firstly, ensure that you have all of the notes from class (or from tutoring sessions) from throughout the year. If you do not have all of the topics that are covered in the exam in your book, then you need t...
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Answered by Nathan B. • Maths tutor
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How to differentiate a function?

Let's look at the function y = 3x^2 + 6x + 3. Differentiating it gives us the derivative of y: dy/dx = 6x + 6. The original function has three terms. Let's look at each term: 3x^2 (^2 means to the power of 2...
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Solve the pair of simultaneous equations {4x + y = 5, 3x - y = 2} using i) a graph and ii) an algebraic method

a) Draw graph and find points of intersection (will be done on whiteboard). b) Sum equations to get 7x=7, so x=1 and y=1.
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Answered by Jacob F. • Maths tutor
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