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Expand the following brackets, (6x^2-4)(2x+3)

12x 3 +18x 2 -8x-12
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Answered by Sophie P. Maths tutor
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Work out 70% of 140 (Non-calculator)

70% of 140 can be split up into 50% of 140 and 2 lots of 10% of 140. 50% of 140 is the same as 140 divided by 2, which equals 70. 10% of 140 is the same as 140 divided by 10, which gives 14. Therefore 70 + 1...
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Factorise x^2 - 7x + 12 = 0

Method 1) Find two numbers which multiply to 12, and who’s sum is -7. ( This could be done by writing out the factors of 12, and seeing which add to -7.) From doing this we get -3 and -4, therefore our answe...
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How do you differentiate?

Say you have the term y=3X 2 . You start by bringing the power down and placing it in front of the 3 so they multiply like so y=2x3X 2 then next you take one away from the power like so y=2x3X 1 . This can t...
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Solve 4(x-5)=3x-6

First, expand brackets to make your life easy. So you would do 4 times x and 4 times -5 to give u 4x-20. Then gather all the x's on one side of the equation and numbers on the other side. 4x-20=3x-6. Remembe...
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