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Use factorisation to simplify the following expression (x^2-9)/(x^2-4x+3)

we simplify the top and bottom of the fraction separately. x^2-9 factorises to (x+3)(x-3) using the difference of two squares.x^2-4x+3 factorises to (x-1)(x-3). So the above formula simplifies to (x+3)/(x...

Answered by Jack L. • Maths tutor

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A right-angled triangle has one angle size 60 degrees, and hypotenuse of length 32cm. Calculate the length of the side opposite the 60 degree angle, to 3sf.

Firstly, we want to draw out the triangle. No matter what the question asks, just draw out all the information you're given so that you can see what the question is asking. We've been given a right angle ...

Answered by Benjamin R. • Maths tutor

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A light bulb is to be put in the middle of a room defined by the coordinates (10,5), (10,25), (20, 5) and (20,25). At what coordinate should the light bulb be placed?

Firstly we should try to establish the geometry of the room, ie identify the lines in which the walls lay.
Noticing that two of the points have the same x coordinate of x = 10 suggests that there mu...

Answered by Taiwo L. • Maths tutor

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Differentiate the function X^4 - (20/3)X^3 + 2X^2 + 7. Find the stationary points and classify.

Differentiation => 4X³ - 20X² + 4XTo find the stationary points, set this differentiation = 04x (x²- 5x +4)4x (x-4)(x-1)x=0, x=4, x=1 are stationary points.
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Answered by Alice H. • Maths tutor

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Find the median, upper and lower quartiles of these numbers: 160, 390, 169, 175, 125, 420, 171, 250, 210, 258, 186, 243

Order the data:125, 160, 169, 171, 175, 186, 210, 243, 250, 258, 390, 420Find middle observation:[125, 160, 169, 171, 175, 186] | [210, 243, 250, 258, 390, 420]Median = (186 + 210)/2 = 198Find middle obse...

Answered by Samuel L. • Maths tutor

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