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2476 people are at a football match. The ratio of men to women is 3 : 1. How many more men than women are at the match?

Ratios are a way of comparing the amount of two things in a whole. In this case we are comparing the number of men and women in a football match, so, the total number of people at the match is equal to the s...
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Simplify : 3a(b^2) * (a^3)b

Rearrange the terms and group: Numbers: (3*1) =3, a variables: a * (a^3) --> (1+3=4) Therefore (a^4); b variables: (b^2)*b --> (2+1=3) Therefore (b^3); Regroup: 3(a^4)(b^3)
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Solve 3x+7=1.

3x+7 = 1. We can describe this equation as a stroy. First x was multiplied by 3 and then 7 was added to it to get 1. Now we need to reverse the story. last thing done was +7, so reversing it gives us -7. 1 -...
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Factorise and solve x^2-8x+15=0

(x-5)(x-3)=0 x-5=0 x-3=0 x=5 x=3
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How do I expand double brackets?

Use the moon method. E.g. (x+1)(x+2) multiply x with x multiply x with 2 mutiply 1 with x multiply 1 with 2 If you draw this out it will look like a moon shape. now put the like terms together
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