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How do you expand brackets?

The easiest method to expand brackets would be to remember FOIL!
F - First
O - Outside
I - Inside
L - Last

Okay, so lets say you want to expand (3x+1)(2x+3), we'll...

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Answered by Connor G. Maths tutor
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What exactly IS differentiation?

This is a common question as we are often taught to differentiate by simply being told how to do the calculation, but not what it is we're really doing.
The concept
Diffe...

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Answered by John H. Maths tutor
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There are 20 balls in a bag. The probability is 0.25 of picking a red ball. If one more red ball is added, what is the new probability of picking a red ball at random?

Convert 0.25 into a fraction where 20 is the denominator as there are 20 balls in total in the bag. 0.25 is the same as 1/4 and to convert this to 20 as the denominator multiply both the top and the bo...

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Answered by Alex L. Maths tutor
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The area of a square is 49cm^2. The perimeter of the square is equal to the circumference of a circle. what is the radius of the circle?

This is a geometry question. 

We know that a square has 4 equal sides of x, and that it's area is given by A=x2

So we can work out the length of the side of the...

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Answered by Julia C. Maths tutor
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How to solve polynomials

First of all let's start with a lttle explanationn of waht a polynomial is.

A polynomial is a function of x denoted f(x) which is defined as

f(x)=a0+a1...

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Answered by Piotr W. Maths tutor
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