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Differentiate y = 2x^4 + 11x^2 - 5 with respect to x

There are two things to understand with this question: 'differentiate' and 'with respect to x'we differentiate when we need to find how quickly something changes, which in maths usually means the gradient...

Answered by Kieran D. Maths tutor
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Nadia has £5 to buy pencils and rulers. Pencils are 8p each. Rulers are 30p each. She says “I will buy 15 pencils. Then I will buy as many rulers as possible. With my change I will buy more pencils.” How many pencils and how many rulers does she buy?

15 x 0.08 = £1.20 which means Nadia has £5 - £1.20 = £3.80 remaining£3.80/0.3 = 12.6 recurring so 12 whole rulers can be bought 12 x 0.3 = £3.60 spent on rulers£3.80 - £3.60 = £0.20 change remaining £0.20...

Answered by Alicia T. Maths tutor
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Solve the equation 3x^2 +17x -6 = 0 without using a calculator

In order to solve this equation without using a calculator we will need to factorise. The first step in factorising this equation is to rewrite our 17x as two separate terms. The coefficients of these nee...

Answered by Phoebe R. Maths tutor
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A(0,2) and B(6,5) are two points on the straight line ABCD. If AB=BC=CD find the coordinates of the point D

If AB=BC=CD then the difference between each of the points is the same. If we look at the difference between A and B we can see that B is 6 further to the right, and 3 further up. So if we then add (6,3) ...

Answered by Rebekah V. Maths tutor
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How do you find the turning point of a quadratic equation?

We factorise the equation by completing the square.Take y=x2 + ax + bWhen we complete the square we have y= (x+1/2a)2-a2+b which is y= (x+1/2a)2 + c where c = -...

Answered by Wiktoria F. Maths tutor
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