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Nadia has £5 to buy pencils and rulers. Pencils are 8p each. Rulers are 30p each. She says “I will buy 15 pencils. Then I will buy as many rulers as possible. With my change I will buy more pencils.” How many pencils and how many rulers does she buy?

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In a triangle ABC, side AB=10 cm, side AC=5cm and the angle BAC=θ, measured in degrees. The area of triangle ABC is 15cm(sq). Find 2 possible values for cosθ and the exact length of BC, given that it is the longest side of the triangle.

To find cosθ, use the formula for the area of a triangle i.e. AREA=1/2 x a x b x sinC.=> For this case: 15= 1/2 x 10 x 5 x sinC to find sinC.=> SinC = 3/5 thus, Arcsin(3/5)=+- 4/5 or +-0.8
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For all values of x, f(x)=(x+1)^2 and g(x)=2(x-1). Show that gf(x)=2x(x+2)

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How do rearrange y to make it the subject of an equation?

The general principle is to collect all of the values with y in on one side using adding, subtracting, multiplication and division. Then, you take y out as a factor and divide the other side by the values...

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