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What is the difference between ratios and fractions?

Both are different ways to represent an amount of something. Fractions show how much of a whole item there is for example 2/10 2 parts out of a total of 10. On the other hand, a ratio describes one amo...

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Answered by Alice C. Maths tutor
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How do I know the best way to solve a quadratic equation?

There are loads of different ways to solve quadratics, and most of the time there isn't only one right way to solve them.

there's three main ways that you can use to solve quadratics: fac...

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Answered by Megan O. Maths tutor
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How do I solve the equation "2cos(x) = sin(2x), for 0 ≤ x ≤ 3π"?

The key to solving this equation is realizing that sin(2x) can be written in terms of sin(x) and cos(x) using a double-angle formula. (With trigonometric problems similar to this one, you...

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Answered by Sanveer R. Maths tutor
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A girl saves money over 200 weeks. She saves 5p in Week 1, 7p in Week 2, 9p in Week 3, and so on until Week 200. Her weekly savings form an arithmetic sequence. Find the amount she saves in Week 200. Calculate total savings over the 200 week period.

In part (a) the majority obtained 403 and some wrote their answer as £4.03, there was the usual crop of arithmetic errors with 2 ×199 = 298 or 498 being quite common. In part (b) the sum formula was us...

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Answered by Selena S. Maths tutor
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Work out the value of 4a + 2b when a = 4 and b = 3.

first substitute all the values you know into the formula (use brackets to make your work clear)

4(4) + 2(3)

we know that 2 numbers next to eachother means multiply so expan...

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Answered by Tom F. Maths tutor
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