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Josie is paid £1200 per month. She is going to receive an increase of 4% in the amount she is paid. Work out how much money Josie we be paid each month after the increase.

We need to first work out what 4% of £1200 is. 1% of £1200 = £(1200/100) = £12. 1% is £12, so 4%= 4*£12 = £48. She will receive a £48 increase.Adding that on to her original amount, £1200 + £48 = £1248.Fi...

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Find the point(s) of intersection of the graphs y=x^2+4x-21 and x+y=-27 using an algebraic method.

As, at the point of intersection, the values of x and y are the same in each graph (otherwise it wouldn't be a point of intersection!), we can approach the problem as solving a pair of simultaneous equati...

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f(x)=6/x^2+2x i) Find f'(x) ii) Find f"(x)

2-12/x^3
36/x^4

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Solve the equation: 2x+3y=8 & 3x-y=23

2x+3y=89x-3y=6911x=77x=7
2(7)+3y=83y=8-14y=-2SOLUTION : x=7, y=-2

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State the conditions under which a binomial distribution can be approximated as a normal distribution, and state how the parameters needed would be calculated.

This is a two - part question. The first part is stating the necessary conditions, of which there are two: the number of trials must be large (more than 50), and the probability of success or failure must...

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