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How can I tell if two lines are perpendicular from the equations?

In order to compare two equations they need to be in the same form. This means that the y's have to be on the left, and the x's have to be on the right - so the first step is to rearrange both of the equatio...
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Answered by Ben S. • Maths tutor
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How do I subtract one fraction from another?

If you have the question: What is 2/3 minus 1/5? You should start this question by looking at the demoniators (the bottom of the fraction). You want to get a number that is divisible by both 3 and 5. An exam...
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Answered by Jessica C. • Maths tutor
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How do you differentiate x^x?

There are two ways we can find the derivative of x^x. It's important to notice that this function is neither a power function of the form x^k nor an exponential function of the form b^x, so we can't use the ...
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Answered by Alina K. • Maths tutor
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How do I solve simultaneous equations?

Always follow the same three steps : equating – substracting – substituting but you can have different cases : Case 1 : we only need to multiply one equation Example: 2x+5y=9 6x-4y=8 Note : Always check firs...
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Answered by Roxane Z. • Maths tutor
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What is the perpendicular bisector of the point (0,2) and (1,0)?

First things first it will definately be useful to make a quick sketch of the x-y axes, the two points, and roughtly what the perpendicular bisector will look like. This kind of question can be made much mor...
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Answered by Josh R. • Maths tutor
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