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Expand and simplify 2(a + 3) + 5(a – 1)

Firstly we will start by expanding the brackets. We will do 2a + 23 for the first bracket,  then we will do 5a + 5(-1) for the second bracket which will give us 2a + 6 + 5a - 5. We will ...

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Answered by Serena B. Maths tutor
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Factorise and solve x^2 - 8x + 15 = 0

In order to solve a quadratic equation by factorisation you must first find the two numbers which add up to - 8 and multiply to get 15. We can do this by trial and error - first listing all of the pairs o...

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Answered by Lucy M. Maths tutor
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Differentiate y = 7(x)^2 + cos(x)sin(x)

This question uses a combination of standard differentiation and the product rule. The second part of the equation cos(x)sin(x) is the product of two funtions so the product rule must be used. Product rul...

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Answered by Edward C. Maths tutor
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Find the set of values of x for which x(x-4) > 12

When solving this quadratic inequality, we should use a three-step approach. The first step is to reformat the inequality to put one side equal to zero, which is the standard format of a quadratic equatio...

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Answered by Daniel B. Maths tutor
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Simplify (5-2√3)/(√3-1) giving your answer in the form p +q√3, where p and q are rational numbers

The trick here is to use a technique called the difference of squares. If we multiply the top and bottom of the fraction by the conjugate* of the denominator, we can remove any square root terms from the ...

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Answered by A W. Maths tutor
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