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Make n the subject of the formula: m = 5n - 21

The answer is: n = (m + 21)/5 How did we get this? Right now, the equation is written in the form where m is the subject. We want to rearrange this so that n is the subject of the formula. The formula sho...

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Answered by Jabin C. Maths tutor
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What is the turning point on the curve f(x) = 2x^2 - 2x + 4

df/dx = 4x - 2

turning point when differential = 0 

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4x = 2 hence;  x = 0.5

When x = 0.5 f(x) is equal to (substitute) 3.5

hence the turning point is at (0.5,3.5)<...

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Answered by David T. Maths tutor
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An Island on a map is measured to be 4cm across. The scale of the map is 4cm to 500m. How long is the island in km?

The island is 2km. If the scale is 1cm:500m we need to multiply both left and right sides by 4 to get to the 4cm that was measured. This gets us 4cm: 2000m . We now need to convert 2000m to km which gives...

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Answered by David T. Maths tutor
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A right angled triangle has 2 known sides measuring 3 meters, 4 meters respectively. Find the hypotenuse and the smallest angle in the triangle.

This is an example of a pythagoras. The student has to use the knowledge that the hypotenuse (longest side) is the square root of the sum of the squares of the known sides. In this instance, it would be 4...

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Answered by Zara M. Maths tutor
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Find x and y when 3x + 4y = 27 and x + 2y = 11

Use the elimination method to remove a common coefficient.

Multiply one of the equations to find a common coefficient, eg multiply the second equation by 2 to get 2x + 4y = 22, to reach the common ...

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Answered by Eleanor S. Maths tutor
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