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Solve x^2 = 4(x – 3)^2

x² = 4(x-3)²x² = 4(x-3)(x-3) - showing that these are double bracketsx² = 4(x² - 6x + 9) - expanding the double bracketsx² = 4x²

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Expand the following equations

a. x(x+4)b. 3x(x+4)c. (x+8)(x+3)d. (x+7)^2

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There are 10 boys and 20 girls in a class. In a class test, the mean score of the boys is 77. The mean score of the girls is 80. What is the mean score of the whole class?

To calculate the mean of the whole class:1) Find the sum of the individual scores of the whole class. Boys: 10 x 77 = 770Girls: 20 x 80 = 1600Total of Boys and Girls: 770 + 1600 = 23702) Divide the sum of...

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Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x + y = -9, x^2 + 2x - 3 = y

Rearrange the first equation to equal 'y' so y = -9 - 3xSubstitute this into equation 2 so x^2 + 2x - 3 = -9 - 3xRearrange this to equal 0 so x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0Factorise this by utilising brackets so that t...

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Solve the following equation for x: x^2 - 4x - 17 = 4

First, take 4 from both sides of the equation to get everything on the LHS:x^2 - 4x - 17 - 4 = 4 - 4 so we have x^2 - 4x - 21 = 0We are looking to factorise the equation in the following way:(x + a)(x + b...

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