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A tank contains 45 000 cm3 of water. The tank leaks at 0.75 litres/minute. How long does the tank take to empty?

The first thing to notice with this question is that the volume of the tank is given in cm³ yet the rate at which the water leaks is in litres, so a conversion of units will be neccessary. We k...

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Work out 416 + 49 + 274

739

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Kieran, Jermaine and Chris play football. Kieran has scored 8 more goals than Chris. Jermaine has scored 5 more goals than Kieran. Altogether they have scored 72 goals. How many goals did Jermaine score?

Find an equation that explains the problem. We can see how many goals the players have scored in comparison to each other. The person with the fewest goals is Chris. Let us say he score x goals. Then we c...

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(2x+3)/(x-4) - (2x-8)/(2x+1) = 1 Solve for x

Multiply out the denominator, take care to multiply both sides of the equation:

(2x+3)(2x+1) - (2x-8)(x-4) = (2x+1)(x-4)

Expand the brackets, pay attention the the signs when multiplying, ex...

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There are n sweets in a bag, 6 of which are red. The rest of the sweets are blue. Jen removes 1 sweet from the bag. Jen then takes another sweet from the bag. The probability that Hannah takes two red sweets is 1/3. Show that n²-n-90=0.

We know the total number of sweets is n, and that 6 are red. When Jen takes the first sweet, the probability of it being red is [number of red sweets] / [how many there are] = 6/n . For the second sweet, ...

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