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Define x and y if 2x+y=16 and 4x+6y=24

These are a pair of simultaneous equations.First, we can equate two of the coefficients in each equation (let's choose x) by multiplying each equation respectively.With our first equation, multiply it by ...

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Answered by Bexi H. Maths tutor
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There are n sweets in a bag. 6 are orange. A random sweet gets eaten, and then a second one. The probability that both sweets are orange is 1/3. Find n.

The probability that the first sweet is orange is 6/n, as 6 of the n number of sweets are orange. After an orange sweet is eaten, there are 5 orange sweets left and n-1 total sweets in the bag. This means...

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Answered by Josh G. Maths tutor
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How do we factorise?

The general form of factorising is that if we have ab+ac, we can rewrite this as a(b+c). We multiply each statement inside the bracket by a. So we’re effectively ripping out common terms. We are dividing ...

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Answered by Sam V. Maths tutor
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Emily bought 3 books and 2 apples, and she spent £19, while her brother, John, spent £15 on 1 book and 5 apples. What is the cost of one book and one apple?

First we assign, for example, that x = cost of 1 book, and y = cost of 1 apple. Then we make these into simultaneous equations, such as: 3x+2y=19 (eqn. 1) and x+5y=15 (eqn. 2). Now multiply eqn. 2 to get ...

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Answered by Laura U. Maths tutor
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Let f ( x ) = 15 /x and g ( x ) = 2 x − 5 Find fg(4), gf(-30) and give the expression for gf(x)

Key here is the order of operation.g(4) =2x4 - 5=8-5=3fg(4) = f(3)=15/3=5gf(-30)f(-30)=15/-30=-1/2gf(-30)=g(-1/2)=2x-1/2 -5=-1-5=-6gf(x)f(x)=15/xg(15/x)=2*15/x -5=30/x -5

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Answered by Eddie M. Maths tutor
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