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How do you factorise a quadratic with a co-efficient in front of the x^2 - e.g: 3x^2 + 14x + 8

Ok so to factorise a quadratic with a co-efficient in front of the x^2 you need to follow a couple of steps: Step 1 - multiple the co-efficient by the number at the end of the expression - e.g. 3^8 = 24 S...

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Answered by Nathaniel K. Maths tutor
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Find the exact solutions for 4 − x^2 = |2x − 1|

x=-1

x=-1+60.5

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Answered by Shroya V. Maths tutor
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What is Pythagoras' Theory?

Pythagoras' Theory explains that the length of sides in a right angled triangle are related. This means we can use the length of two sides to find that of the third!

The relationship he found is a<...

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Answered by Alexander R. Maths tutor
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What is a confidence interval?

Using the normal distribution, we can estimate a range of values which we expect to contain the mean. For example, if we take a sample of 30 students height, we can estimate the mean height of students in...

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Answered by Alexander R. Maths tutor
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Factorise the quadratic equation: x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0 and hence find the two solutions to the equation.

  1. Start by writing the equation out again: x2 + 5x + 6 = 0

  2. I do it by thinking which two numbers add together to = 5 and which same two numbers multiply to = 6. The an...

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Answered by Callum J. Maths tutor
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