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Solve the simultaneous equations 5x + y = 21 and x - 3y = 9

To begin with, I would begin by explaining that in a situation with simultaneous equations one of the variables must be eliminated to find the values for y and x.In this specific case I would make the x vari...
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Complete the square on this equation: 2x^2 + 20x + 15 = 0.

First you need to remove the coefficient on the x^2. We do this by factorising the 2x^2 + 20x and placing the 2 from the x^2 outside a set of brackets. This looks like:2(x 2 +10x) +15 = 0Then we get half of ...
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Solve the following simultaneous equations 3x+y=11 and 2x+y=8

To solve a simultaneous equation you should number your equations and re arrange one of them to make y the subject. (You could do it the other way and find the expression for x first)3x + y = 11 [1] and 2x +...
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Integrate e^x sinx

Since we have two functions of x being multipied togrther, we have to integrate this by parts. Therefore if we say, u=sinx and v'=e x , then u'=cosx and v=e x .Applying the integration by parts rule of: uv' ...
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Solve the following equation 3(2x -1) = 4(x - 2)

Firstly, we need to identify what this question is asking us to do. Looking at the equation we can see that we have one unknown value, which is x. It is therefore the value of x which we are being asked to f...
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Answered by Oliver L. Maths tutor
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