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Mr. A divided our cake so I got 2/5th of it. If remaining cake was divided equally among 5 more friends so each got 150g, what was the weight of full cake?

3/5 of Cake = 5 x 150 g, Cake Weight = 5/3 x 750 g = 1250g

Important, it is not required to calculate the weight of cake given to you. The inverse of "remaining" fraction can directly giv...

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Answered by Rizwan A. Maths tutor
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Given that y=ln([2x-1/2x=1]^1/2) , show that dy/dx= (1/2x-1)-(1/2x+1)

y=ln([2x-1/2x=1]^1/2)- can be written as y= [0.5ln(2x-1)]-[0.5ln(2x+1)] due to laws of logs. Take first term -- (0.5ln(2x-1)) and substitute 2x-1 for u. so u=2x-1 and y=0.5lnu Now dy/du=1/2u and du/dx=2. ...

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Answered by Sam F. Maths tutor
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How do I work out probability when a random choice is repeated?

Before you try to work out the probability, establish the following answers from the question and jot them down. How many items are there in total? After something is chosen, is it put back before the nex...

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Answered by Naomi C. Maths tutor
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A man travels 360m along a straight road. He walks for the first 120m at 1.5ms-1, runs the next 180m at 4.5ms-1, and then walks the final 60m at 1.5ms-1. A women travels the same route, in the same time. At what time does the man overtake the women?

In order to answer this question we will break it down into several pieces. Firstly, using physical arguments, can we narrow down which interval the man must overtake the women? After some thought, it mus...

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Answered by James G. Maths tutor
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Solve $\color{orange}{a}x^2 - \color{blue}{b}x + \color{green}{c} = 0$

Generally, quadratic equation of the form $\color{orange}{a}x^2 - \color{blue}{b}x + \color{green}{c} = 0$ where $\color{orange}{a} \neq 0$ can be solve by evaluating $$\color{brown}{\Delta} = \color{blue...

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Answered by Maciej C. Maths tutor
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