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If (2x+3)/(x-4)-(2x-8)/(2x+1)=1, what is x?

First eliminate fractions; Multiplying both sides by (x-4) gives; (2x+3)-((2x-8)(x-4))/(2x+1)=(x-4) Multiplying both sides by (2x+1) gives; (2x+3)(2x+1)-(2x-8)(x-4)=(x-4)(2x+1) Now simplify the expression; E...
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Solve this quadractic equation: x^2 - 8x + 15 = 0

To solve x 2 - 8x + 15 = 0 we could try to use the Product, Sum, Numbers method (PSN). The PSN method tells us that our numbers must multply to make the product of the first and last term, in this case 15. I...
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Lisa, Max and Punita share £240 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8 How much more money than Lisa does Punita get?

We should put the names aside to begin with and just look at the ratio and the price. In order to find out how much the ratio 3, the ratio 4 and the ratio 8 are worth, we need to find out how much the ratio ...
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Factorise and solve x^2 - 8x + 15 = 0

The question gives you a hint on how to go about this question - Factorise!! 1) Factorise the left hand side . Find the two numbers which will add to give -8 and multiply to give 15. In this case, -3 and -5....
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There are 200 students in Year 10 110 are boys. There are 250 students in Year 11 140 are boys. Which year has the greater proportion of boys? (Taken from Nov 2014 AQA Unit 2)

To work this out we need to calculate the percentage of boys in year 10 and year 11. Then we can compare them to find which year has the greater proportion of boys.For Year 10 there are 110 boys out of 200 s...
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Answered by David S. • Maths tutor
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