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If there are 20 marbles in a bag and 1/5 are red, what fraction are red if 1 more red marble is added?

Originally, 1/5 of 20 marbles are red. 1/5 of 20 = 4. If i add 1 more we have 5 red marbles. 5/20 = 1/4.
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How to integrate ∫〖3x/√(1-x^2 ) dx〗?

We will use integration by substitution to solve this integral. Let 1-x^2=sin^2(u) This means that: x^2=1-sin^2(u)=cos^2(u) (using the trigonometric identity sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=1). Therefore, x=cos(u). If we ...
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How do you solve the following simultaneous equations? 4x-3y=18, 7x+5y=52

First, we need to try and eliminate one of the x or the y variables from both equations. Here, we are going to eliminate the y variable. In order to do this, we need to make the y coefficients equal in both ...
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Solve the quadratic equation x^2+5x+6=0

There are two approaches which can be taken when solving this equation. The first is using the quadratic equation. By comparing the coefficients of the example to the general quadratic equation, a(x^2)+b(x)+...
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Write x^2 + 3x + 1 in the form of (x+b)^2 + c

This question is asking for a complete the square method. This is where you take the coefficient of x (the number before x, so 3 here) and divide it by two, this gives you b in the new form. However, upon sq...
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