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5 tins of soup have a total weight of 1750 grams. 4 tins of soup and 3 packets of soup have a total weight of 1490 grams. Work out the total weight of 3 tins of soup and 2 packets of soup.

Step 1 - Find the weight of 1 tin of soup: 1750 ÷ 5 = 350 Step 2 - Use this number (350) to find the weight of 1 packet of soup: (4x350) + 3P = 1490, 3P = 90, P=30Step 3 - Work out weight of 4 tins of soup a...
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Solving quadratic equations using the factorisation method.

The Form of a quadratic equation where a ≠ 0ax 2 + bx + c = 0In order to solve we need to create one term made up of factors.One or more of these factors must equal zero. Questions we will work through: 10x ...
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Solve (x/4)-(2x/x+2)=1. Give your solutions to 2 decimal places.

Re-arrange to x^2-10x-8=0Using quadratic formula obtains two values, x=10.74 and x= -0.74
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A curve with equation y=f(x) passes through point P at (4,8). Given that f'(x)=9x^(1/2)/4+5/2x^(1/2)-4 find f(X).

To find f(x) using its derivative, first integrate f'(x) with respect to x using the 'add one to the power and divide by the new power' technique remembering to add the constant c. To make this easier, turn ...
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What is 64^(2/3)?

When the index of a number is a fraction such as 2/3, first take the cubic root, then square the number. For example: 64 1/3 = cube root of 64(64 1/3 ) 2 = 64 2/3 64 2/3 =( 64 1/3 ) 2 = (4) 2 = 16
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