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The perimeter of a right-angled triangle is 72 cm. The lengths of its sides are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 Work out the area of the triangle.

Let x be a number so that the sides of the triangle are 3x, 4x and 5x, because the ratio is 3 : 4 : 5. The perimeter is 3x+4x+5x=12x=72, meaning that x = 72/12 = 6. The sides of the triangle are 36=18...

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What is Bayes' rule and why is it useful?

Bayes' rule is a really neat equation that's used everywhere, including in Artificial Intelligence! Most things in the real world aren't certain: that's why we use probabilities. Also, we often can't dire...

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Answered by Andrew S. Maths tutor
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Find the roots of x^2-9=0

Stage 1: Identify that the equation is a quadratic and that the question is asking you to find out which values 'x' fit this equation. Quadratics can be written algebraically in the form ax2+bx...

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Answered by Jamie D. Maths tutor
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Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle which has other two sides of length 5 and 12.

When we have 2 sides of a right angled triangle, we can use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the third missing side. This theorem states that if we label the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) as <...

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Find an expression for the nth term of the following sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19

In terms of understanding the question, we are asked to look for a common rule that would help us find any term, or member, of the sequence in the question, no matter how big. The "nth" bit they...

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Answered by Luke H. Maths tutor
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