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How do I tackle fractional powers?

The main thing to know when answering these sorts of questions is that the denominator of the fraction is the root you take of the given number. For example, 16 1/2 is the same as the sqaure root of 16, whic...
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Answered by Cameron S. Maths tutor
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Solve the two equations: Equation 1: 2a - 5b = 11 Equation 2: 3a + 2b = 7

Firstly, you should aim to eliminate one of the unknown values. As b is positive and negative in each equation, this would be a good value to eliminate. Both equations would have to be multiplied to cancel o...
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Answered by Ikraan H. Maths tutor
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How can I sketch a graph?

There are a number of steps before sketching a graph. We will look over bits of theory and then do some examples (I'll show the examples in the online lesson space) First we have to find the x-intercept and ...
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Answered by Razvan T. Maths tutor
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What is a surd? How would you go by simplifying a surd?

A surd is an irrational square root which cannot be reduced to a whole number when squared. When you think of the square root of 4, the answer is 2. When you think of the square root of 9, the answer is 3. H...
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Answered by James O. Maths tutor
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How could you sketch a graph for y=x^2-10x+21?

This is a quadratic equation. We can recall that this means the graph will have a parabolic shape. Next we need to do a little bit of manipulation to get our final bits of information. So we want to know whe...
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Answered by Farhin Y. Maths tutor
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