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What's the key to solving simultaneous equations?

With simultaneous equations, a lot of the maths GCSE qualification, the best approach is to work things out step by step and write every step you take down on your exam paper. This does seem like its time co...
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How to find surface area and volume of a cone

Surface area:We know that the base of a cone is a circle, which has a surface area of πr 2 , where r is the radiusThe rest of the area will be π, r and l (the slanted length) multiplied togetherAnd then, we ...
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The equation of the line L1 is y = 3x – 2 The equation of the line L2 is 3y – 9x + 5 = 0 Show that these two lines are parallel.

In this question, you are being asked to show L1 and L2 are parallel. The equations of two parallel lines will have the same gradient. This is the number in front of the x term in the equation, but to compar...
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Expand and simplify (3a+b)(a-2b).

To expand, you would multiply each term in the first bracket set by each term of the second bracket set. Thus, your expansion would mean:3a^2 -6ab + ab -2b^2 To simplify, note that there are two 'ab' terms i...
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A farmer has 30 boxes of eggs. There are 6 eggs in each box. Write, as a ratio, the number of eggs in two boxes to the total number of eggs. Give your answer in its simplest form.

The question asked for the ratio between the number of eggs in 2 boxes and the total number of eggs. From the question we know that the total number of eggs is the same as the number of eggs in 30 boxes. Hen...
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