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If I buy a dress at 30% off the original price and I pay £40. How much was the dress originally?

I like to address this question by using similar fractions. That is to say x/y=2x/2y X over y is the same as 2x over 2y In this example we are asked what the full price of the dress is, as in what 100% of th...
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Answered by Lauren R. • Maths tutor
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How do you conjugate a verb in the present tense?

It all depends on the infinitive verb ending. For regular verbs; if it ends in -er: 1) Remove the -er from the end of the verb 2) Add the following verb endings, depending on the pronoun, je: -e, tu: -es, il...
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Answered by Minnie H. • French tutor
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A right angled triangle with sides 7cm and 11cm, find the hypotenuse

General rule for any right angled triangle: a^2+b^2=c^2, with a and b being the shorter sides and c being the hypotenuse (the longest side). Using the equation: a=7 and b = 11 and c=hypotenuse we want to fin...
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What's the difference between 'tous' and 'tout'?

The main thing to remember here is that what's basically one word can be used in different forms - as an adjective, noun or even adverb. The most common ones are adjective and noun, so that's what we'll cove...
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Answered by Sophia M. • French tutor
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Make x the subject of the equation y=(3x+5)/(4-x)

(1) Get rid of the fraction by multiply both sides by (4-x), we now have y(4-x)=3x+5. (2) Expand any brackets, so 4y-py=3x+5. (3) Rearrange to get all the x to one side: 4y-5=3x+px. (4) Factorise x because w...
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Answered by Gwen F. • Maths tutor
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