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Amy earns £6 for every hour she works Monday to Friday. She earns £8 for every hour she works on Saturday. One week Amy worked for 5 hours on Saturday - she earned £130 that week. How many hours did she work from Monday to Friday?

Amy worked for 5 hours on Saturday so she earned £8 x 5 = £40 on that day. She earned £130 in total so we know she earned £130 - £40 = £90 working from Monday to Friday. For every hour Amy worked from Monday...
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Answered by Hamza M. • Maths tutor
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A cylinder has a circular face with a diameter of 10cm, and a body of length 30cm. Calculate the volume of the cylinder.

First recognise that the diameter is 10cm so the radius of the circle must be 5cm. Next use the formula for the area of a circle, πr 2 , to work out the area of the circular face: Area = 25πcm 2 Multiply thi...
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Calculate the value of both x and y using the following 2 equations: 3x - 2y = 12 (1) and x - y = 3 (2)

Process of elimination: Multiply equation 2 by 3 to get the same coefficent in front of x: 3x - 3y = 9 (3) Subtract eq 3 from eq 1 to get: y = 3 Substitutute our value for y into eq 2 for simplicity: x - 3 =...
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Answered by Hamza M. • Maths tutor
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How do I translate an ablative absolute phrase?

Before we attempt to translate an example of an ablative absolute, it is important that we are able to confidently identify an ablative absolute phrase within a sentence. An ablative absolute consists of a n...
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Give one piece of evidence that supports the theory that mitochondria evolved from prokaryotic cells. (1 mark)

Size: mitochondria are 2uM in diameter, similar to bacteria. Also applies to genome size and content, suggesting an 'endosymbiosis' event.
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Answered by Lauren M. • Biology tutor
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