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A house is bought for £150,000 at the start of 2005. For 3 years it loses 10% of its original value per year. After this time it loses 10% per year. What was its value at the end of 2011/start of 2012?

Original value = 150,000 10% original value =15,000 After 3 years year is 2008, house value = 150,000 - 3*(15,000) = 105,000Until start of 2012 from start of 2008, so 4 years of compound intrest. New v...

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If a student wishes to have a ratio of 2:7 red pens to yellow pens in their pencil case: a) if they have 50 pens total what is the maximum amount they can carry with them b) if they have 18 red and 31 yellow what is the maximum amount they can carry

a) 50 pens total. 2 + 7 = 9. Number of pens is done in 9s. 50/9 = 5r5, so multiple of 5. Then 25 + 75 pens. 10 red and 35 yellow, 45 pens
b) 18 red / 2 = [9]r0 31 yellow ...

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Solve 9x +1> 2x +3

9x - 2x> 3-17x > 2x > 2/7

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You are told that y is proportional to x^2 and that y=75, x=5. Find a formula for y in terms of x.

You know that y is proportional to x², so let y=kx² . You also know that y=75 and x=5. Substitute y=75 and x=5 into the equation y=kx² . Therefore: 75=k multiplied by 5

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7x + 6 > 1 + 2x

In order to solve this, we need to bring all of the x values to one side, we can do this by subtracting the 2x from both sides7x + 6 - 2x > 1 + 2x - 2x5x + 6 > 1 We then need to move the values onto...

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