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5 pencils cost 50p , how many would 2 pencils cost?

work out in parts / ratio firstly work out how much one pencil costs, 50p divide by 5 = 10p1 pencil = 10p therefore, 2 pencils = 10p x 2 = 20p

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solve two variables quadratic equation system 2x-y=1 10x^2-y^2-x+1=0

To solve the equation, we need to try to make the second equation all in x first.From the first equation 2x-y=1,we could rewrite it into y=2x-1,Then we put y=2x-1 into the quadratic equation 10x²

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Sketch and label the graph of y=x^2 -5x+6

First we can try and factorise the expression:So we want to find 2 numbers that multiply to 6 and add to -5... after some thinking we get -2 and -3. The factorised expression is y=(x-2)(x...

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Solve this simultaneous equation: 5n+t= 21 n-3t=9

5n+t= 21n-3t=9
n= 9+3t5(9+3t)+t= 2145+15t+t= 2145+16t= 2116t= -24t= -1.5
5n-1.5= 215n= 22.5n= 4.5

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There are 4 blue balls, 2 red balls, and 5 green balls in a bag. James removes one ball and does not replace it. James removes a second ball. What is the probability that both balls will be the same colour.

Total number of balls = 4 + 2 + 5 = 11 (this is our denominator for first draw)Numerator is the number of each colour. When we remove a ball the denominator and numerator for that colour decrease by 1. P(...

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