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A teacher gives her students a maths test and they receive the scores: 4, 4, 7, 3, 9, 10, 5, 8. What was the mean score of the class?

To work out the mean, we first add up all of the scores so 4+4+7+3+9+10+5+8= 50. We then divide by the number of student who took the test, or the number of scores given, which is 8. Divide 50 by 8 to giv...

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Answered by Carmen L. Maths tutor
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Solve x^2+6x+5=0

Use factorisation to solve this. You must find a pair of numbers that add to make 6 and multiply to make 5. In this question, 5 and 1 add to make 6 and they also multiply to make 5. So the factorised equa...

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Answered by Carmen L. Maths tutor
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Robin and Emma both buy cupcakes for a bake sale. Between them, they purchase 125 cupcakes for the bake sale. Emma buys 50% more cupcakes then Robin and gets a 20% discount. The total cost of the 125 cupcakes was £137.5. What is the price of one cupcake?

1 ) Identify the information given in the question:Total number of cupcakes bought: 125Number bought by Emma is 50% more than Robin: mathematically we write that was Emma = 1.5 Robin as 50% = 0.5 in decim...

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Answered by Annelie B. Maths tutor
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Expand and simplify x(x+4)(x-5)

Apply FOIL (First, outside, inside, last): (x + 4)(x - 5) = x2 - 5x + 4x -20 = x2 - x -20 x(x + 4)(x - 5) = x( x2 - x -20 ) = x3 - x2- 20x

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Answered by James S. Maths tutor
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Explain why the points (0,8) do not lie on the line y= 4x+9 ? (3 marks)

To see if (0,8) lies on the line y, substitute 0 (the x coordinate) into y = 4x+9 so y=4(0)+9 y=4(0)+9 therefore y= 0+9 = 9since the output (9) is not the same as the respective coordinate (8), (0,8) d...

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Answered by Rinaldo L. Maths tutor
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