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How do I find the roots of a quadratic equation?

A quadratic equation has the form ax² + bx + c Our goal is to find values of x such that ax² + bx + c = 0These values of x are known as the "roots" of the quadratic.

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How do you work out the median of a set of numbers?

The median is the middle number of a set of ordered numbers, i.e. halfway along. To find the median of the data set you should arrange the numbers into order, lowest to highest. Count equally from both en...

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Use BIDMAS to answer 2 + 7 x 10

Using BIDMAS we know that we should do multiplication before addition and therefore we would get, 7 x 10 which is 70 and then 2 + 70 which is 72.This is really important to have rule about orders of opera...

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Express the equation x^2+6x-12 in the form (x+p)^2+q

To work out the value of p, half the x coefficient EG:6/2=3. Then work out the square EG: (x+3)^2=x^2+6x+9. To work out the value for q, place the constant of the original equation equal to the constant o...

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An ordinary, fair sided dice is rolled 480 times. How many times is the number 3 expected?

An ordinary dice has six sides. We have an equal chance to roll on any of these six sides. This gives us the probability of rolling a 3 (or any other number) as 1/6.Each roll is independent i.e the result...

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