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Solve x^2 - 7x + 10 = 0

First factorise: (x - 2)(x - 5) = 0 Then either: x - 2 = 0 so x = 2 or x - 5 = 0 so x = 5
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Rearranging equations

Quesiton: Solve 10x - 7 = 5x + 3, to find the value of x Answer: x = 0.5 Solution: First you must rearrange the equation so that all the like terms are on the same side: 10x - 5x = 3 +7 5x = 10 Then to find ...
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Solve 5x - 7 = 3x + 2, to find the value of x

x = 4.5 Rearrange the equation, so that like terms are on the same side: 5x - 3x = 2 +7 2x = 9 Then to find x, divide 9 by 2 x = 4.5
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Solve the inequality 3x ≤ 4x+5

So I would begin by minusing 5 from both sides and that will give you 3x - 5 ≤ 4x. Then we want to gather our x's onto one side, so I would '-3x' from both sides which leaves you with - 5 ≤ 4x - 3 x, so you ...
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Solve this equation; 5x - 4 = 3x + 7

In order to solve equations of x it is necessary to move all the Xs over to one side and the other numbers over to the other side; 5x - 4 = 3x + 7 As 5x is greater than 3x it makes sense to subtract 3x from ...
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