Search our library of Maths questions

Top answers

Maths

All levels

Factorise 15a^2 + ab - 6b^2

15a²+ab-6b²

=(?a+?b)(?a-?b)

factors of 15= 3 and 5

factors of 6= 2 and 3

if we try (3a+2b)(5a-3b) that gives us 15a²+10ab-9ab-6b²

Answered by Aayushi B. • Maths tutor

2811 Views

June 2008 C1 Paper Differentiation Question

a) ask student: purpose of differentiation (i), how to perform differentiation (ii) (i) to find the gradient of a curve (ii) multiply the coefficient of x by its indice then minus one from the indici perf...

Answered by Nicola G. • Maths tutor

2970 Views

A fridge of height 2m and width 0.8m is tilted in a delivery van so that one edge rests on the edge of a table and another touches the ceiling, as shown in the diagram. The total height of the inside of the van is 1.5m. Find the height of the table.

Let h be the height of the table. Let the edges of the fridge be A touching the ceiling, B touching the table and C touching the floor. Let D be the point on the ceiling vertically above B and E be the po...

Answered by Charles H. • Maths tutor

2966 Views

Find the exact solution, in its simplest form, to the equation 2ln(2x+1) - 10 = 0.

We want to "undo" every step of the equation until we have just x on one side. So first add 10 to each side and then divide both sides by 2 to give ln(2x+1) = 5. Take the exponential of each sid...

Answered by Eleanor B. • Maths tutor

4790 Views