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In an office there are twice as many females as males. 1/4 of females wear glasses. 3/8 of males wear glasses. 84 people in the office wear glasses. What is the total number of people in the office?

Let's figure out what information we have and let's translate it into mathematical terms.
Let f = number of females in the office m

Answered by Thomas G. Maths tutor
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Find the roots for the quadratic equation x^(2)+6x+5=0

For this question I would consider different methods for finding the roots of quadratics and remind the student that an exam could ask for a particular method to be used (as on one of the recent GCSE math...

Answered by Harry L. Maths tutor
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How to solve the following for x: (2x+3)/(x-4) - (2x-8)(2x+1) = 1

(The full answer produced answer is annotated working out, but since this text box won't let me submit pictures, I'll do my best to transcribe)First, we gather the two fractions by using a common denomina...

Answered by Cal F. Maths tutor
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Joan cycles from her house to a shop 900 m away. She then cycles to her friends' house 700 m away. The average speed for the first part of her journey is 2 m/s. The second part takes her 16 mins. What is the average speed for her entire journey?

S: 900 700D: 2 m/sT: 960s
Need to find speed in seconds so convert 16 mins to seconds.
To find average, we must find time for the first part. Using...

Answered by Aisha R. Maths tutor
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In a triangle ABC, side BC = 8.1 cm, side AC = 7 cm, and angle ACB = 30 degrees. What is the area of the triangle?

Initially, one might think to use area = 1/2 x base x height, however drawing the triangle immediately shows that this is not possible here. We then think to use the formula for area using two adjacent si...

Answered by Ellie B. Maths tutor
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