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How to find the nth term of a quadratic sequence?

Find the difference between each term in the sequence. Then find the second difference, i.e. the difference between each of the primary differences. Divide this by 2, to give you the coefficient of n^2. Now ...
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Answered by Sawan K. Maths tutor
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Give the possible values of x when x^2 - 5x + 4 = 0

First, when faced with a question like this you must factorise the expression. So we need to factorise x 2 -5x+4 into 2 linear parts. (Linear terms are terms without any powers of x). To do this, we need to ...
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Answered by Sam D. Maths tutor
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Question: Expand (p + 2)(p - 5)

Expanding - or geting rid of brackets. Make sure you multiply everything by everything! Correct: p 2 +2p -5p -10 = p 2 -3p -10 Wrong: p 2 + 2p -5 ...forgot that the -5 also needs to be multiplied by (p+2) Wr...
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Answered by Abdul N. Maths tutor
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How do you know whether to use 'qui' or 'que'?

The easiest way to remember which of these pronouns to use is by learning the following simple rule: 'qui' comes before a verb, whereas 'que' comes before a subject noun or pronoun. For example, in the sente...
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In a pack of sweets, the ratio of red to blue sweets is 7:5. If there are 25 blue sweets, how many red sweets are there?

Ratios are used to show how things are shared. A ratio of 7:5 means that for every 7 red sweets there are 5 blue sweets. Step 1 - 7 + 5 = 12 This means there are 12 parts to the ratio Step 2 -Blue sweets = 7...
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Answered by Holly M. Maths tutor
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