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Frank, Mary and Seth shared some sweets in the ratio 4:5:7. Seth got 18 more sweets than Frank. How many sweets were shared in total?

If you add 4+5+7 = 16, you can consider that Frank gets 4/16 of the sweets, Mary gets 5/16 and Seth gets 7/16. This because for every 4 sweets Frank gets, Mary gets 5 and Seth gets 7.

If there are ...

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Answered by Adam P. Maths tutor
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make a the subject of p = (3a+5)/(4-a)

so step 1) remove the denominator by multiplying (4-a) by p. Therefore obtaining p(4-a) = 3a+5. step 2) multiply out to get 4p-ap = 3a+5 step 3) have all the a's on one side, and non a's on other side. th...

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Answered by Jamie W. Maths tutor
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Here are some fractions: 3/10, 2/8, 4/12, 12/40, 5/20. Which of these fractions are equivalent to 1/4?

Before we begin lets quickly do some reviewing. What are fractions and how can we write them? Fractions are often used when we don't want to write down numbers that are really long. A fraction...

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Answered by Michael L. Maths tutor
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Expand and simplify (2x-2)(4x+6)

For this question the FOIL method can be used. FOIL stands for first, outside, inside, and last, and is used to make sure each term is multiplied by each other term. Firstly, multiply the first terms of e...

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Answered by Seren A. Maths tutor
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A rectangle has a shorter side with a length of x and a longer side with a length of x + 8, the perimeter of the rectangle is 80cm. Calculate the value of x.

For this question, one would sum the algebraic lengths of the rectangle, creating a result of 4x + 16.

This is the algebraic perimeter of the rectangle which must be equated to the numerical value ...

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Answered by Ben S. Maths tutor
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