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Expand the following quadratic expression: (2x+4)(x-5)

Multiply the first terms in both brackets:2xx= 2x2
Next multiply the first term of the first bracket and the second term of the second bracket:2x
-5= -10x
Multiply...

Answered by Meera P. Maths tutor
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Jack has 20 sweets. Will also has 20 sweets. Jack gives Will x sweets. Jack then eats 5 of his sweets. Will then eats half of his sweets. Write expressions for the number of sweets Jack and Will now have.

They both start with 20 sweets. To get the total number of sweets that Jack has, you need to take away x because that is the amount that he gives to will. Jack then eats 5 of his sweets so you need to tak...

Answered by Lucy M. Maths tutor
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There are 420 balls in a ball pool. There is a combination of violet, blue, yellow and green balls. 2/7 are violet, 35% are blue and the ratio of yellow to green is 4:5. How many of each colour ball is there in the ball pool?

Together, the total number of balls is 420. 2/7 of the total 420 balls are violet. Therefore the number of violet balls can be calculated by the equation 2/7 x 420/1 = 840/7=120. There are 120 vio...

Answered by Lauren W. Maths tutor
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Solve the linear simultaneous equations: 3x + 5y = 45, 2x - 9y = -7

x = 10, y = 3. From the second equation, we have x = (9y - 7)/2. Substituting this expression for x into the first equation gives 3(9y - 7)/2 + 5y = 45. 3(9y - 7) + 10y = 90. 27y - 21 + 10y = 90. 37y = 11...

Answered by Cameron W. Maths tutor
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The mean of 4 numbers is 8 when a 5th number is added the mean becomes 10, what is the 5th number?

Ok, so firstly let's think about what the mean means? Add all the numbers together and then divide by the total number of values we have.So, that means with the 4 numbers we currently have the total divid...

Answered by Carmen O. Maths tutor
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