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A family go into a shop, they buy three sandwiches and two packets of crisps. It costs them £9. Another family buy five sandwiches and six packets of crisps. It costs them £19. How much does two sandwiches and five packets of crisps cost?

We will call sandwiches S and packets of crisps C. These are the 'unknowns'. From the information we can write down two equations. Equation 1: 3S + 2C = 9 and Equation 2: 5S + 6C = 19. We need two equatio...

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Answered by Sharmi S. Maths tutor
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Find all solutions to the equation: 2x^2+3x-27=0

Firstly, factorise.
(2x + 9) (x - 3) = 0
2x + 9 =0 x-3 = 02x = -9 x = 3 x = -9/2

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Answered by Sharmi S. Maths tutor
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A ball, dropped vertically, falls d metres in t seconds. d is directly proportional to the square of t. The ball drops 45 metres in the first 3 seconds. How far does the ball drop in the next 7 seconds?

If d is directly proportional to the square of t, we write this as d= kt2 , where k = the proportionality constant which we must find. Substitute in the values given in the question into our e...

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Answered by Katie L. Maths tutor
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A curve has parametric equations x= 2sin(t) , y= cos(2t) + 2sin(t) for -1/2 π≤t≤ 1/2π , show that dy/dx = - 2sin(t)+ 1

A parametric equation is where both x and y are expressed separately, in terms of a parameter (t). In order to differentiate them we must use the chain rule, which here would be dy/dx= dy/dt ÷ dx/dt. The ...

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Answered by Katie L. Maths tutor
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Work out the angle between the two tangents of the curve y = sin(x) at y = 0 and y = 1

First we take the derivative of the function, this gives us dy/dx = cos(x)
Now we work out the different x values for y = 0 and y = 1.
sin(x) = 0 => x = 0, sin(x) = 1 => x = pi/2 (90 degre...

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Answered by Kieran J. Maths tutor
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