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work out the value of 4a + 2b when a = 4 and b = 3

To solve this question you want to do it step by step. Firstly replace the 'a' with '4' and calculate the first part of the sum. 4 multiplied by 4, which is 16. Next replace 'b' with '3' and calculate the se...
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How do I solve 3x + y = 11 & 2x + y = 8?

In order to solve this set of simultaneous equations, we will rearrange each equation to use substitution. The aim of this problem is to find out what the value of x and y is. Let's rearrange equation 1 and ...
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How can I factorise a quadratic equation?

A quadratic equation is an equation of the form y = a x 2 + b x + c where a, b and c are constants (for example 5, -2 or 0). To "solve" a quadratic equation we are finding the values of x that sati...
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Find the integral between 4 and 1 of x^(3/2)-1 with respect to x

When we integrate a function we must first raise the power of x in each term by one. The first term therefore becomes x^(5/2). The second term can be thought of as x^0 which we know that any number to the po...
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How do you differentiate y=x^x?

To solve this problem, you need to put it into simplest form which is putting it into natural logarithm both the RHS and LHS. Then differentiate both side with respect to x as shown below. In(y) = ln(x^x) - ...
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