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A picture is bought at a sale for £40. It is laster sold for £50. What is the percentage profit?

percentage profit = percentage increasepercentage increase = (difference/original) x 100                 = (50 - 40)/40) x100=25%

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Answered by Hannah C. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 4x+3y=5 and x-y=3, to find the values of x and y.

First of all, we need to get the equations in a form so that either x or y can be eliminated.

In this case, I have a positive amount of y, and a negative amount of y, meaning that I can a...

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Answered by Laura P. Maths tutor
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If Lisa loses 23% of £650, how much has she lost?

Percentages are always out of 100 - imagine the fraction 1/100. If I asked you to work out 1/100 of a number, how would you do it?It's pretty much the same for percentages - because 1% is the same as 1/10...

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Answered by Ewaola A. Maths tutor
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Find f'(x) and f''(x) when f(x) = 3x^2 +7x - 3

We know that when f(x) = x^n, f'(x) = nx^n-1       (1)

So we apply this to all components of f(x), giving 

f'(x) = 2(3x) + 7 = 6x +...

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Answered by Georgiana P. Maths tutor
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Find the area bounded by the curve x^2-2x+3 between the limits x=0 and x=1 and the horizontal axis.

In order to find the area bounded by a curve and the horizontal axis, we must integrate the curve between the specified limits.

Firstly we must integrate the curve x^2-2x+3. To integrate ...

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Answered by Diljot G. Maths tutor
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