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Express 56 as a product of prime factors in its simplest form

A prime factor is a factor (or divisor) that cannot be divided by another number.So we start with the first prime number 2: 56 / 2 = 28.8 is even, so we can divide by 2 again, 28 / 2 = 14.14 is even so we...

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Simplify (3x^2 - 6x)/ (6x^3 - 19x^2 + 9x +10)

3x(x-2)/(2x+1)(x-2)(3x-5) 3x/(2x+1)(3x-5)

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How do you complete the square?

Completing the square is taking an equation in the form a₁x²+b₁x+c₁ and butting it into the form a₂(x+b₂)²+c₂Let's t...

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Why is my answer incorrect?

Check for any silly mistakes, a lost negative or a simple arithmetic error. If you can’t find any, we’ll work through the question together and see where the method differs from yours. Then we will work o...

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There are 9 counters in a bag. 7 of the counters are green. 2 of the counters are blue. Ria takes at random two counters from the bag. Work out the probability that Ria takes one counter of each colour. You must show your working.

Probability that Ria takes Green then Blue is 7/9 * 2/8 = 14/72. Probability that Ria takes Blue then Green is 2/9 * 7/8 = 14/72. Added together we get 28/72 = 7/18.

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