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How do you work out the length of one of the sides of a right-angled triangle given the other two?

You must first identify which sides you are given. If you have been given both sides which are not the hypotenuse (the longest side opposite the ninety degree angle) then you can use the equation: a^2 + b^2 ...
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Answered by Toby W. • Maths tutor
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13 - 3 × 4+2 Simple question that lots of people get wrong

Have you heard of the BODMAS / BIDMAS rule? This rule changes your answer from 42 to 3 instead. that is because this rule says you need to follow a specific order when calculating. It seems easy but is quite...
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How do I remember the difference between the perfect and imperfect tenses?

A way of remembering the difference is to think that the word 'perfect' comes from the Latin 'perfectus' meaning ' completed ' while 'imperfect' will therefore mean not yet completed or on-going . The perfec...
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Name the types of timber and their characteristics

Hardwood: deciduous trees darker in general more expensive harder, stronger in general Softwood: coniferous trees cheaper, lighter in colour, less dense
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p and q are two numbers each greater than zero. √(p^2 + 5q) = 8 and √(p^2 – 3q) = 6. Find the values of p and q.

First of all, we have to raise to the power of two the first equation and will obtain: p^2 + 5q = 64. We have to proceed the same for the second equation and will obtain: p^2 - 3q = 36. Second step is to sub...
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