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Calculate the length of the side of the Triangle marked by x.

This would be a question that would test the students understanding of Pythagoras' Theorem. When teaching this before I have often found that students are scared of thee questions because of the name, so I w...
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Find x when 2x-3=5

To find what x is, we must rearrange the equation so that it says x=. To do this we need to get rid of the -3 on the left hand side of the equation. This can be done by adding 3 to both sides of the equation...
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Solve the simultaneous equations y=x-5 and 10y=2x+6 by elimination, and by substitution.

Elimination: Multiply equation (eqn) 1 by 2 : 2y=2x-10 Subtract modified eqn 1 from 2 : 8y=16 Divide through by 8 : y=2 Sub y=2 into eqn 1 or 2 and rearrange to find : x=7 Subsitution: Sub eqn 1 into eqn 2 :...
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what does a value shared in the ratio 2:3 mean?

this means that there are 5 parts to share out altogether. (2+3=5) So you take the value you wish to share and divide it by 5. once you've divided the value by five, to share in the ratio 2:3 simply means to...
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4x-y=3 and 3x-2y=1. Solve these simultaneous equations to find values for x and y.

Equation 1: 4x-y=3 Equation 2: 3x-2y=1 We have to find a common multiple between 4 and 3 so that both equations have the same first value. This means that we can get rid of the x by subtracting the second eq...
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