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Lisa, Max and Punita share £240 in the ratio 3 : 4 : 8 How much more money than Lisa does Punita get?

We should put the names aside to begin with and just look at the ratio and the price. In order to find out how much the ratio 3, the ratio 4 and the ratio 8 are worth, we need to find out how much the ...

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Answered by Freddie R. Maths tutor
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Factorise and solve x^2 - 8x + 15 = 0

The question gives you a hint on how to go about this question - Factorise!!

1) Factorise the left hand side. Find the two numbers which will add to give -8 and multiply ...

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Answered by Kieran N. Maths tutor
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There are 200 students in Year 10 110 are boys. There are 250 students in Year 11 140 are boys. Which year has the greater proportion of boys? (Taken from Nov 2014 AQA Unit 2)

To work this out we need to calculate the percentage of boys in year 10 and year 11. Then we can compare them to find which year has the greater proportion of boys.For Year 10 there are 110 boys out of 20...

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Answered by David S. Maths tutor
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a) You area told that y is proportional to x2 and that when y = 75, x = 5. Find a formula for y in terms of x. y = x b) Find the value of y when x = 3. c) Find the value of x when y = 1200.

a) y is proportional to x^2, when x is 5, y is 75

Therefore: 75 = (something multiplied by) 5^2

75 = 3 x 25

Hence y = 3x^2

b) y = ...

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Answered by Kezia M. Maths tutor
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Dipen and Nisha are planning their wedding reception. Nisha says, “I want to invite 70 guests.” Dipen says, “If we invite one-fifth fewer guests, we will save more than £500” Is Dipen correct? (Taken from Nov 2014 AQA Unit 2)

Need to calculate two things in order to answer the question:

1) Total cost of Nisha's 70 guests.

2) Total cost of Dipen's 'one-fifth fewer' guests.

For Nishen...

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Answered by Alex N. Maths tutor
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