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Simplify 5p + 2q – 3p – 3q

Firstly, look at the number in front of the letter 'p'. This is 5p and -3p. By ignoring the 'p', as they both have it, do 5-3 which is 2 and so that part of the answer will be 2p. Then look at the letter ...

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Matthew gets £100 for his 16th birthday and chooses to invest the money into a bank with a 2% annual interest rate. By which birthday will Matthew have more than £150 in his account?

This a geometric sequence with first term 'a' as 100 and common ratio 'r' of 1.02. 100 x 1.02ⁿ > 150 1.02ⁿ > 150/100 =1.02ⁿ > 1.5 log₁₀(1.02ⁿ

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Please can you help me to understand the concept of price elasticity of demand (PED)?

PED is a measure of the responsiveness of demand following a change in the price of a good or service e.g. if the price of good X rose by 20%, PED would measure the extent to which the demand for good X c...

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What is the length of a if a triangle has lengths of b=6.4cm and c=5.6cm with an angle A=107.9 degrees?

We are going to have to use the cosine rule for this type of question. The cosine rule is a2=b2+c2 - 2bcCosATherefore a2= (6.46.4) + (5.65.6) - (26.45.6)*Cos107.9 If we plug this into ou...

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A car is travelling with a velocity of "0.5t^2+t+2" m/s at t=0 (where t is in seconds), find the acceleration of the car at a) t=0 b)t=2

Acceleration can be described as the 'rate of change of velocity' as it is simply how quickly the car is increasing/decreasing in velocity. Therefore as the velocity is described...

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