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A line joins 2 points (2,9) and (5,4). Calculate the gradient of the straight line and then write down the equation of the straight line.

The first thing to do is to look at the points given and decide if you are going to get a negative or positive gradient. We can determine, from inspection that the gradient will be negative because as the...

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Answered by Liam M. Maths tutor
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Find the roots of 2x^2-5x-6=0 to 3dps

if we see the phrase "to N dps" this is a big hint to use the quadratic formula. The first thing we have to do is to is pick out the co-efficients ax^2+bx+c=0 a=2, b=-5, c=-6 Now we can pug thes...

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Simplify √90+√360+5√10

The object of surds is to look for square numbers in each term and take the square root of them. √90=√9√10=3√10 √360=√36√10=6√10 Therefore adding all the terms together 3√10+6√10+5√10=14√10

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What is the amplitude and period of y=3sin(5x)?

Amplitude of a periodic function is the maximum height it reaches above the centre line (or the lowest). This expressed in the equation as '3'. If the 3 was not there, then the sin wave would have an ampl...

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Answered by Madeleine R. Maths tutor
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How do I factorise and solve 2x^2+4x-6=0?

The 2 in front of the x^2 can cause confusion. In this case, the equation can be divided through by 2, to produce x^2+2x-3=0. From here it can be factorised by working out what adds to make '2' and times ...

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Answered by Madeleine R. Maths tutor
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