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I struggle with integration, and don't understand why we need to do it

First, my approach is to ask student to count the squares on the area under a curve. This process is tedious, and only gives an estimation. Next, I show them the formula to do integration, and immediately th...
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Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x +4y = 18, and 5x - 2y = 4

First of all, you would label the equations, so let's call 3x +4y = 18 equation A, and 5x - 2y = 4 equation B. Then you would try to find a way to eliminate one of the variables (either x or y). We can do th...
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Solve the two simultaneous equations: 2y + x = 8 [A] and 1 + y = 2x [B]

I have labelled the two separate equations A and B so that it is easier to talk about them. There are two ways in which you can do these equations but I am going to explain the method using substitution. As ...
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Solve x^2 + x/2 =5

Although this may look more complicated than normal, this is just a normal qudratic equation. First by rearranging the equation we can get it into a simpler form, and then we can go about solving it. The fir...
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Below is a question from the Edexcel Maths Core 1 textbook, Solve the equation x^2 + 8x + 10 = 0 using completing the square.

Before we get to solving the equation, let’s first review the method completing the square. Completing the square is simply to convert an equation into the form of (x±a )^2, so it is possible to solve for x....
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Answered by Lily Z. • Maths tutor
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