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White paint costs £2.80 per litre. Blue Paint costs £3.50 per litre. White paint and blue paint are mixed in the ratio 3:2 Work out the cost of 18 litres of the mixture.

The mixture has a ratio of 3:2, white to blue paint. 
3+2=5 so there are 5 parts to the mixture, 3 white and 2 blue.
We know the cost of 1 litre of each, so first we can work out the cost of 1...

Answered by Henry B. Maths tutor
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Anouk, Beth and Carlin share £48 between them. Beth gets 3/8 of the money. Anouk and Carlin share the remaining money between them, by the ratio 3:2. How much money does Carlin get?

Beth gets: £48 x 3/8 = £18 The remaining money is: £48 - £18 = £30  (Alternate method: £48 x 5/8 = £30. This eliminates the need for the first step) The ratio is 3:2 so this is the same as fracti...

Answered by Rachel H. Maths tutor
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Find the equation of the tangent to the unit circle when x=sqrt(3)/2 (in the first quadrant)

Unit circle: x2 + y2 = 1 when x = sqrt(3)/2:  y2 = 1 - (sqrt(3)/2)2  y2 = 1 - 3/4  y2 = 1/4  y = 1/2 or -1/2 (first quadrant, so y is posi...

Answered by Kiran J. Maths tutor
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Integral of (2(x^3)-7)/((x^4)-14x)

Set f(x)= (x^4)-14x. f’(x)=4(x^3)-14=2(2(x^3)-7). Thus we can write (2(x^3)-7)/((x^4)-14x)=(1/2)f’(x)/f(x). The integral of f’(x)/f(x)=ln|f(x)|+c. Thus the integral of (2(x^3)-7)/((x^4)-14x) is (1/2)(ln|f...

Answered by Issy K. Maths tutor
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what is: a) 1/3 +1/4 ? b) 4/6 + 3/12?

a)First make the denominators the same by multiplying the 1/3 by 4 and 1/4 by 3. makesure top and bottom are multiplied then add the numerators together not denominators. answer should be 7/12. b) Do the ...

Answered by Charlotte L. Maths tutor
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