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Frank buys a car at the start of 2015, for £12,000. Each year the value fo the car depreciates by 9%. What was the value of the car at the end of 2019?

The value of the car in 2019 would be £7488.39This is because you take the original value of the car, and multiply it by the multiplier (1.00-0.09)to the power of how many years have passed since the init...

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Answered by Amy N. Maths tutor
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Jules buys a washing machine. 20% VAT is added to the price of the washing machine. Jules then has to pay a total of £600 What is the price of the washing machine with no VAT added?

Remember that we have two values here, the price of the washing machine BEFORE and the price AFTER the 20% VAT increase. The value AFTER the increase is 600. To get to the value before, you can't simply s...

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Answered by Ahmed I. Maths tutor
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b is two thirds of c. 5a = 4c Work out the ratio a : b : c Give your answer in its simplest form where a, b and c are integers

a : c = 4 : 5 and b : c = 2 : 3 so getting a common value of 15 for B gives a : c = 12 : 15 and b : c = 10 : 15  we can now compare these ratios and get 12 : 10 : 15 this is not divisible by any common f...

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Answered by jamie c. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 5x + y = 21 and x - 3y = 9

x = 4.5y = -1.5To answer this question, first, rearrange the first equation to make y the subject: 5x + y = 21 --> y = 21 - 5xYou can now substitute this value of y into the second equation: x - 3(21 -...

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Answered by Sophie A. Maths tutor
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Factorise 100-x^2

Via inspection, one can factorise this via the difference of squares; since a^2-b^2 = (a+b)(a-b), therefore:100-x^2 = (10-x)(10+x)

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Answered by Howard M. Maths tutor
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