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Solve simultaneous equations 3x+2y=9 5x-2y=7

Here we need to get rid of either the x or the y to find one solution to start us off. By adding these equations together we get:

3x+5x+2y-2y=9+7

The y's are eliminated to l...

Answered by Jodie P. Maths tutor
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Forty-seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty-three people went to a football match. What is this number rounded to the nearest thousand?

With this question the first thing to help you tackle it would be write the number as digits, i.e.Forty-seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty-three = 47,983Now, you want this number to the nearest thous...

Answered by Alicia E. Maths tutor
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How do I work out the area of a right angled triangle?

If we think about a right angled triangle, it is the same as one half of a square or rectangle. This is because if we join two right angled triangles at their diagonal sides, we make a square or rectan...

Answered by Ciaran C. Maths tutor
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In a sports competition with 760 atheletes, the following pieces of information are true: 70% of the atheletes are runners, 40% of the men are not runners and 400 women are runners. How many women were there in total?

Firstly, we must identify the two things that we need to work out our answer. They are: How many male runners there are, and how many male non-runners there are, as once we have these, the remaining va...

Answered by Ciaran C. Maths tutor
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How do I find the prime factors of a number?

The most common way of doing this is called a bubble search (this may not be the technical name, but it's the one I was taught). The method is as follows:

Start by writing the number at t...

Answered by Seb G. Maths tutor
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