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How to find an original price from a reduced percentage.

Take the example: 'The price of a TV is reduced to 69% and is now £379.50. Find the original price. (This means find the price when it was at 100%.) Let's start by calling each percentage a 'part'. The new p...
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Answered by Phoebe E. • Maths tutor
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What is a coordinate?

It is a point on a graph described by its numerical values. For example (2,3) would be 2 along the x-axis and 3 along the y-axis.
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Answered by Edward S. • Maths tutor
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What at the alkali metals?

These are the group one elements on the periodic table. They are highly reactive so are stored under oil. When they react with water it is often a violent reaction. It also turns to water alkaline, hence why...
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Answered by Edward S. • Chemistry tutor
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Why do we use the imperfect tense?

Imperfect can be descriptive, refers to a repeated event, or one that continued over a long period of time, or was interrupted by another event. For example: "Je mangeais dans le café quand j'ai vu Phil...
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What does Pythagoras's theorem state?

It states that for a right-angle triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other sides. So if a denotes the hypotenuse, a^2 = b^2 + c^2.
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Answered by Rohan V. • Maths tutor
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