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A pot of water is heated to 100C and then placed in a room at a temperature of 18C. After 5 minutes, the pan temperature falls by 20C. Find the temperature after 10minutes.

(The rate at which the temperature of a body falls is proportional to the difference between the body temperature and the room temperature) - this would be given in the question.

This is ...

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Answered by Asher C. Maths tutor
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(2x + 3y)^2 – (2x – 3y)^2 = 360 show that xy is a multiple of 5

Expand first brackets:

4x2+6xy+6xy+9y2

Expand second brackets:

4xy2-6xy-6xy+9y2

Subtract the second e...

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Answered by Ryan M. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations 5x + 3y = 24 and 3x - 4y = 26

Ok, so here are the equations5x+3y=243x-4y=26So let's multiply the first equation by 3, which gives us:15x+9y=72Now let's multiply the second equation by 5, which gives us:15x-20y=130So we're now left wit...

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Answered by William S. Maths tutor
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How do I solve x^2+6x+8=0?

Ok, so we would call this a quadratic equation because it is written in the form of ax^2+bx+c=0 (in our case, a=1, b=6, c=8).Luckily, this type of quadratic equation can be factorised, so we can solve it ...

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Answered by William S. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations y = 2x-3 and x^2 +y^2 = 2

Let the first equation be equation 1 and the second equation be equation 2.

Firstly, you must substitute equation 1 into equation 2. This is because there are currently two unknown values...

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Answered by Daniel D. Maths tutor
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