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There are 31 days in January. January 21st 2015 was a Wednesday. What day of the week was February 8th 2015?

First we need to know how many days are still remaining before the end of January. In this case it would be 10 since 31-21=10. We know that 8th of February  is the 8th day of the month, so in total betwee...

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Answered by Roman D. Maths tutor
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Find the equation of the straight line joining points (-1, -4) and (2, 5)

  1. Draw sketch of line 2. Find gradient using m=(y- y1)/(x- x1)= 5--4/2--1=9-3=3 3. Choose one of the points and call it (a,b). I'll pick (2,5) because t...
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Answered by Ben M. Maths tutor
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Solve, correct to 2 decimal places, the equation cot(2x)=3 for 0°<x<180°

To start, we use the inverse trigonometric formulae to convert the 'cot' function into a 'tan' function: cot(2x)=1/(tan(2x))=3 Inverting this gives: tan(2x)=1/3 2x=arctan(1/3)=18.43°or (180+18.43)° Therfo...

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Answered by Matthew G. Maths tutor
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Solve x^2 = 4(x – 3)^2

Expanding and simplifying the right hand side: x2=4(x-3)(x-3)=4(x2-6x+9)=4x2-24x+36 Deducting 'x2' from both sides: 0=3x2-24x+36 Dividing by 3 and fa...

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Answered by Matthew G. Maths tutor
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Factorise the following expression: x^2+12x-45

x^2+12x-45

x^2+15x-3x-45 (15x - 3x= 12x and 15 x -3=-45)

x(x+15)-3(x+15)

(x-3)(x+15) 

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Answered by Aisha H. Maths tutor
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