Top answers


Find the coordinates of the stationary points of the curve 3x=y+6x+3

First, straight away from reading the question you know this question will involve differentiating the function with respect to x so immediately you want to re-write the equation in terms of y which in this ...
JS
Answered by James S. Maths tutor
4521 Views

The equation of line L1 is y=4x+3, The equation of line L2 is 4y-16x-2=0, Show that these two lines are parallel.

The equation of a line is shown in the form y=mx+c to prove that two lines run parallel you must prove that they have the same gradient or value of 'm', the number before x. The first equation L1 is already ...
SC
Answered by Sophie C. Maths tutor
4455 Views

Simplify (8x^2 + 36x)/(2x + 9) and explain why it is an even expression.

You have to understand what makes an expression even. Even numbers are formed by either two odd numbers being added together or an even number x an odd number. We can start by looking at the denominator. Imm...
MB
Answered by Mounir B. Maths tutor
3830 Views

Solve the simultaneous equations. 2x + y = 18, x − y = 6

1.Isolate either x or y. in this example you can do this by moving adding y to both sides of the second equation x-y=6 becomes x=6+y 2.substitute this into the other equation 2(6+y) + y = 18 3.simplify this ...
SR
Answered by Sarah R. Maths tutor
5302 Views

Solve by factorisation: 2(x^2) - 5x - 12 = 0

First step is to multiply coefficient of first term (2) with the constant (-12) to enable us to split the middle term.2*(-12) = -24, therefore we need to find two numbers that multiply to -24, and add to giv...
EC
Answered by Edward C. Maths tutor
5917 Views