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There are 7 white socks and 4 black socks. 2 are taken at random without replacement. What is the probablity that 2 socks of the same colour are taken?

With a more wordy question like this, it is always best to break it up and write down all of the key pieces of information. So we want to work out the probability of picking: white AND white, OR, black AN...

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Answered by Francesca H. Maths tutor
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Solve the following fractional quadratic equation 14/(x^2-9)+1/(3-x)+(4-x)/(x+3)=7/(x+3), assuming x=/=+-3.

The first step is to find a common denominator. Since x^2-9 can be expanded to (x-3)(x+3) and 1/(3-x) can be written as -1/(x-3), we can see that all the terms contain either (x-3), (x+3), or both. Theref...

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Answered by Evelin H. Maths tutor
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Solve x^2+4x-5=0 by completing the square.

x^2+4x-5=0(x+2)^2-(2)^2-5=0subtract 2^2 as (x+2)^2 = x^2+4x+4 when we want x^2+4x(x+2)^2-4-5=0(x+2)^2-9=0(x+2)^2=9square root both sidesx+2=+/-3x=-2+/-3x=-2+3 or x=-2-3x=1 or x=-5

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Answered by Evie M. Maths tutor
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The radius of a pizza is 12cm, calculate the area of the pizza in terms of pi

To calculate the answer to this question we need to know the formula for the area of the circle. The area of a circle is:

A = Pi x r^2

The value of r is given in the question; r = 12. We the...

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Answered by Beth B. Maths tutor
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Find the area under the curve y = (4x^3) + (9x^2) - 2x + 7 between x=0 and x=2

To be able to solve this, the equation needs to be integrated. To do this, simple integration needs to be applied where the power of 'x' increases by 1 and the coefficient of 'x' is divided by the new pow...

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Answered by Yash S. Maths tutor
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