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What is the difference between the mode, median and mean?

All three are types of averages that we can calculate.1, 1, 4, 6, 8, 12, 17
We can calculate the mode by looking at which number is the most frequently occurring number, for example, with the above d...

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Expand and simplify (x+5)(x+7)

Front - Outer -Inner -Last (FOIL)
x X x = x^2x X 7 = 7x 5 X x = 5x5 X 7 = 35
7x + 5x = 12x
x^2 + 12x + 35

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find the derivative of f(x) = x^3 + 2x^2 - 5x - 6. Find all stationary points of the function.

Calculate the derivative using the standard rules, in particular (xⁿ)' = nx^n-1.f(x)' = 3x² + 4x - 5Stationary points are...

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Show how you can rewrite (x+1)(x-2)(x+3) into the form of ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d

Split the first equation into three parts, i.e. (x+1), (x-2) and (x+3). Multiply the first two parts to get x²- x - 2, then multiply the resul...

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Solve simultaneous equations: 3x + y = 12 and 5x + 5y = 30

Make y the subject of equation 1 by subtracting 3x from both sidesy = 12 - 3x
Substitute 12 - 3x for y in equation 25x + 5(12 - 3x) = 305x + 512 - 53x = 305x + 60 -15x = 3060 - 10x = 30 ...

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