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What is the perimeter and area of a rectangle with a length of 8cm and width of 3cm?

The perimeter is the distance around the rectangle. A rectangle has 4 sides: 2 of them will be the length (8cm) and 2 of them the width (3cm). To get the perimeter, you add up 2 of the length and 2 of the wi...
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Solve this equation: 3x-10=12x-7

Firstly, get all of the x's onto one side of the equation and all of the numbers onto the other. To make it easier at the end, subtract the smaller value of x so that it doesn't become negative: 3x-10=12x-7 ...
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Simplify (5/x+1) + (6/x-5)

To combine these two fractions into one, you have to multiply the equation by the denominators in order to make a common denominator: 5(x-5)/(x+1)(x-5) + 6(x+1)/(x+1)(x-5) Now that the denominators are the s...
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What is a surd? How would you go by simplifying a surd?

A surd is an irrational square root which cannot be reduced to a whole number when squared. When you think of the square root of 4, the answer is 2. When you think of the square root of 9, the answer is 3. H...
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Why does sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=1?

We can understand this identity in two different, useful ways. Firstly, we can use Euler's identities from trigonometry to obtain the desired result using straightforward algebra. We know that: [1] sin(x) = ...
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