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There are 12 counters in a bag. 1/2 are red, 1/3 of the remaining counters are blue. The rest are green. How many counters are green?

1/2 of 12 is 6 - 6 red counters. 6 remaining counters. 1/3 of 6 is 2 - 2 blue counters. 4 remaining counters - 4 green counters

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Answered by Nayan G. Maths tutor
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In a chess club there are x boys and y girls. If ten more boys join and one more girl joins, there is an equal amount of boys and girls. Knowing that y = 2x+2, Calculate x and y. [4 marks]

There are x boys and y girls. So x = boys, y = girls. Ten boys join so x + 10 = boys, one girl joins so y + 1 = girls. These values are said to be equal, so we construct an equation with x and y. x + 10 =...

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How is power presented in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?

Whilst readers may assume that power is wholly possessed by the male population of Gilead, namely that of the Commanders, it could be convincingly argued that Atwood presents Offred as powerful in her uti...

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A plane travels at a speed of 213 miles per hour. Work out an estimate for the number of seconds the plane takes to travel 1 mile.

Since the plane travels 213 miles per hour, it must travel on average 1 mile every 1/213rd of an hour.We know that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, and 60 seconds in a minute, so there are 60 x 60 = 3600 s...

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Answered by Tom L. Maths tutor
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Explain how convection currents in the mantle drive the movement of tectonic plates.

Heat is produced through the radioactive decay of elements in the inner core. This heats the lower mantle, causing the magma to become less dense and rise. Once it reaches the upper mantle it cools, becom...

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Answered by Kat G. Geography tutor
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