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If a shop sells a bucket at £16 after a 15% discount, how much would the bucket have been before the discount?

Define the original cost as 100%. So £16=85% (100-15) of the original cost. Find 1% of the original cost by dividing both sides by 85. 16/85=85/85% To find the orginal cost, 100%, multiply both sides by 100....
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Answered by Andrew G. • Maths tutor
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Regarding the verbs for different types of sports, which one should I use for which sport?

This is a common question, as in English we generally same someone plays a sport, but the verbs vary in Mandarin. An easy way to remember the correct verb for the corresponding sport is to think about the ex...
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Answered by Zoe C. • Mandarin tutor
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what is a good method for revising for english or prepping for an exam?

For English, it is key to not get overwhelmed with memorising poems or passages from the texts that you're studying. Make sure you have read through any texts that you are covering at least twice and annotat...
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One of the teachers at a school is chosen at random. The probability that this teacher is female is 3/5. There are 36 male teachers at the school. Work out the total number of teachers at the school.

So we know that 3/5 teachers in the school are female, and we also know that 36 teachers are male. The first thing to note is that if 3/5 are female, that leaves 2/5 to be male. This is because all of the po...
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Answered by Ellen A. • Maths tutor
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When do you use the perfect tense as opposed to the imperfect tense?

In general, the imperfect tense is used to describe uncompleted actions whereas the perfect tense is applied when an action is complete. The imperfect explains what happened with no reference to specific tim...
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Answered by Phoebe M. • French tutor
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