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What if my equation doesn't factorise?

For all quadratic equations, you can use the quadratic formula . Given an equation of the form ax 2 +bx+c , you can plug those values into this formula: x 1 , x 2 = (-b +/- sqrt(b 2 - 4ac)) / 2a Note: the te...
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How do you use Pythagoras' Theorem?

Pythagoras' Theorem states that h 2 = a 2 + b 2 . This is where you have a right angled triangle, with sides a, b and h where h is the hypotenuse. For example, if we had a triangle with sides of length 3 and...
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There are n sweets in a bag. 6 of the sweets are orange. The rest of the sweets are yellow. Hannah takes a sweet from the bag and eats it. Hannah then takes at another sweet. The probability that Hannah eats two orange sweets is 1/3. Show that n²-n-90=0

P(2 orange sweets) = P(orange sweet) * P(orange sweet) (6/n) * (5/(n-1)) = 1/3 30/(n(n-1)) = 1/3 90 = n(n-1) 90 = n 2 -n n 2 -n-90=0 as required
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What is the quadratic formula and how do I use it?

The quadratic formula is a way of solving quadratic equations of the form: ax 2 +bx+c=0. By plugging in the values a,b and c into it, the solutions for x can be obtained:x = [-b +/- sqrt(b 2 -4ac)]/2a For ex...
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How is frequency density calculated?

Frequency divided by class width
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