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n sweets, 6 are orange, the rest are yellow. Sophie takes at random a sweet. She eats the sweet. Sophie then takes at random another sweet. She eats the sweet. The probability that Sophie eats two orange sweets is 1/3. Show that n² – n – 90 = 0

If Sophie takes a sweet from the bag on her first selection, there is a 6/n chance it will be orange. That’s because there are 6 oranges and n sweets. If Sophie takes a sweet from the bag on her second se...

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Answered by Oliver L. Maths tutor
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Rewrite ... logF=logG+logH−log(1/M)−2*logR ... in the form F=... using laws of logarithms

logF=logG+logH−log(1/M)−2*logR Simplify RHS using law of logarithms, 

logF=log(GH)−log(1/M)−2logR             using law of addition
logF=log(G
HM)−2logR                      ...

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Answered by Ambrose R. Maths tutor
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Find the stationary point on the line of y = 6x - x^2 and state whether this point is a maximum or a minimum

This question requires differentiating the equation to find where its gradient is equal to zero. Differentation is done via a simple equation -->  if y = xn then dy/dx = nxn-1

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Answered by Percy W. Maths tutor
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Differentiate the following: 5x^3 + 4x^2 + 3x + 2

dy/dx = 15x^2 + 8x + 3

Differentiation was often a question my peers struggled with at gcse and although not necessairly a dominating topic of the syllabus, I found it is an easy way to pick up mar...

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Answered by Callum G. Maths tutor
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White paint costs £2.80 per litre. Blue paint costs £3.50 per litre. White paint and blue paint are mixed in the ratio 3 : 2 Work out the cost of 18 litres of the mixture.

Understanding of the ratio: 2+3=5, 3/5 is white, 2/5 blue, 2.818(3/5) + 3.518(2/5) No calculator paper, so check ability to do accurately arithmetic as above and make sure to think about...

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Answered by Rhys T. Maths tutor
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