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All tickets to the movie theatres cost the same price. Jessica and Thomas pay £84 together. Jessica pays £38.5 for 11 tickets. How many does Thomas Buy?

Firstly, you form the question into an equation. for example, J + T = 84. We know Jessica paid £38.50, so now we can add that to the equation. 38.50 + T = 84. Now that we have does this we move the 38.5 to t...
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Solve (5 - x)/2 = 2x – 7

(5 - x)/2 = 2x - 7, 5 - x = 2(2x - 7), 5 - x = 4x - 14, 5 + 14 = 4x + x, 19 = 5x, 19/5 = x
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what is 0.777... as a fraction?

x=0.777...10x=7.77...9x=10x-x=7 9x=7so x=7/9so x=0.777...=7/9
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Express 0.545454... as a fraction in its simplest form.

This problem can be solved by using algebra and rearranging as follows: Let x = 0.545454... Then 100x = 54.545454... If we then subtract x from 100x we get: 99x = 54 or rearranged x = 54/99 (This works to el...
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v^2=u^2+2as, make "a" the subject of the formula.

v 2 =u 2 +2asv 2 -u 2 =2asa=(v 2 -u 2 )/2s as required
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