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How do I find the prime factors of a number?

The most common way of doing this is called a bubble search (this may not be the technical name, but it's the one I was taught). The method is as follows:

Start by writing the number at t...

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Answered by Seb G. Maths tutor
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How do I multiply decimal numbers?

Start by multiplying the two numbers as though they didn't have a decimal point (e.g. 2.73.6 becomes 2736 = 972). Now add up how many decimal places were in the original two numbers (e.g. 2.7 ...

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Answered by Seb G. Maths tutor
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Conditional Clauses - how do I identify them?

Conditional clauses have two obvious signposts that make identification easy: sand nisi

The si clause, or the 'if' clause, is called the protasis, ...

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Answered by Charles W. Latin tutor
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Describe the basic structure of a DNA and complementary base pairing.

DNA is a large polymer consisting of two DNA strands that form a double helix. Each strand is made up of bases. In DNA, there are four different bases:Adenine, Th...

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How do I simplify surds?

In order to simplify a surd you need to look at the factors of the number under the square root. You can then multiply together the square roots of the factors.

For example if you wanted ...

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Answered by Sarah M. Maths tutor
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