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The perimeter of a right angled triangle is 72cm. The length of its sides are in the ratio 3:4:5. Work out the area of the triangle.

Total perimeter - 72cm. Perimeter - (3+4+5)x -> 72=12x therefore x=6. The area of the triangle is 0.5(3x4x) (because 5x is the longest side) therefore the answer is 0.5(1824) = 216cm^2

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Answered by Sam T. Maths tutor
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Without expanding any brackets work out the exact solutions of 9(x+3)^2=4

Divide through by 9 giving:(x+3)2 = 4/9 Square root both sides remembering a square root is plus or minus the answer x+3 = +/-sqrt(4/9) sqrt(4/9)=2/3for the first solution x+3 = 2/3 or x = -7/3...

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Answered by Thomas B. Maths tutor
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Expand the brackets: (3a+3)(a+4)

To expand this, we must multiply each term in both brackets separately and then add all of these terms together. First, multiply the first term in each of the brackets: 3a x a = 3a^2. Next multiply the fi...

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Answered by Luke B. Maths tutor
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Solve 2x+1=11

When faced with a question like this, the aim is to work out the value of "x". What this question basically means is "what number can we multiply by 2 and add 1 onto it to get 11. There a f...

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Answered by Molly I. Maths tutor
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Adam buys 4kg of sweets and pays £10 for them. Adam puts all of the sweers into bags with 250g in each bag. He sells the bags for 70p each. All the bags of sweets are sold, what is the percentage profit?

First you would figure out how many bags of sweets Adam made, this would be done by converting 4kg into grams (x1000) so 4 x 1000 = 4000g. Then you would divide the 4000g by 250g to see that 16 bags of sw...

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Answered by Anton S. Maths tutor
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