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Differentiate f(x) = 3x^2+5x+3

Remember the rules for differentiation?

We take each term which looks like axn where a and n are just numbers and we turn it into: (an)xn-1

So for this...

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Answered by Alok K. Maths tutor
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The quadratic equation 2x^2-8x+1 = 0 has roots a and b. Find the value of a + b and ab

There is no need to solve the quadratic equation here. Use the formulae for the sum and product of roots where:

a+b = -b/a

and

ab = c/a

Therefore...

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Answered by Alok K. Maths tutor
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If (2x+3)/(x-4)-(2x-8)/(2x+1)=1, what is x?

First eliminate fractions;

    Multiplying both sides by (x-4) gives;

    (2x+3)-((2x-8)(x-4))/(2x+1)=(x-4)

    Multiplying both sides by (2x+1) gives;

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Answered by Hannah C. Maths tutor
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The shortest side of a triangle is 4.3m long. Two of the angles are 45.1 and 51.2 degrees respectively. Find the length of the longest side.

To begin we calculate the third unknown angle in the triangle by taking the two known angles (45.1 and 51.2) away from 180 degrees (remember the interior angles of a triangle sum to 180). We find this ...

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Answered by Adam J. Maths tutor
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What is the next number in the sequence?

23  35  47  59  ?First we need to find the pattern in the sequence. We can do this by working out the gaps between the numbers. To work out the gap, we subtract each number from the next one in the sequen...

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Answered by Martin C. Maths tutor
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