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Surd Calculations?

Surds are numbers left in 'square root form' (or 'cube root form' etc). They are therefore irrational numbers. Surds are the root of numbers and not whole numbers. Multiplication Example: √2 × √6 = √12 (= 2×...
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Can you solve the following 2 simultaneous equations; y=6x-2 and x^2-4x+19=y?

y=6x-2 x 2 -4x+19 Both equations are equal to Y, hence can be substituted into each other; 6x-2= x^2-4x+19 Now we only have X terms in our equations Bring all the like X terms together, and make equation equ...
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Sasha has a bag containing 12 red beads, and 8 blue beads. She draws one bead from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is blue?

There are 12 + 8 = 20 beads in the bag in total.If sasha draws a bead at random then she has 8 chances out of 20 possible beads that the bead is blue. So the probability that the bead is blue is 8/20 = 2/5
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Answered by Alexander W. • Maths tutor
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How to solve a simple simultaneous equation

Solving simultaneous equations: Example Question: Equation 1 ---> 2y – 4x = 2Equation 2 ---> 4y – 6x = 10 Find the unknown quantities, x and y. Solution: Step 1: Firstly check whether there are more th...
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Answered by Nivedah K. • Maths tutor
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What is compound interest and how do I calculate it?

Compound interest means, for example, the money you have put into a bank, earns interest each year, but you earn interest upon the interest that was already added last year i.e. you earn interest on the new ...
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