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What's the difference between imperfect and perfect?

Perfect (avoir/être + past particle) is used to describe a single, completed action in the past. For example, I ate a sandwich = J'ai mangé un sandwich. The action happened once, and it's finished. Compare t...
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Answered by Louise B. • French tutor
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Solve this pair of simultaneous equations (1) 5x+2y=20 and (2) x+4y=13

To solve these equations, our aim is to find a value of x and a value of y that satisfy both equations at the same time. By satisfy we mean, if we plug our values in for x and y then the left hand side and r...
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Answered by Jenny H. • Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations 2x+2y=14 and 3x-y=1

To solve these eliminations, we must eliminate either the x's or the y's. Either is possible but let us start with the y's. There is 2y in the first equation and (-1)y in the second, so we will have to multi...
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Solve x^2 + x -12= 0 for all values of x.

This is a quadratic equation so there are two main methods you can use to solve it- factorising and completing the square. My preferred method and the one I will demonstrate is factorisation . The above equa...
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Answered by Sam F. • Maths tutor
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When do you use imparfait instead of passé composé to describe past events?

While the passé composé is used to refer to specific past events of interest, the imparfait can loosely be thought of as describing “background information” such as: - States of being and habitual actions: “...
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Answered by Alexander S. • French tutor
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