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A bag contains 5 red beads and 7 blue beads. Two beads are removed at random without replacement. Workout the probability that the two beads are the same colour.

This question is most simply solved with a probability tree diagram, where you just follow the paths of picking two same coloured beads. The first branch would be picking two red beads. P(R1) = 5 / 12, an...

Answered by Will M. Maths tutor
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How do you find the equation of a circle?

The equation of a circle is given in the form (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 = r2, in which the centre of the circle is (a,b) and the radius of the circle is 'r'. If you can figure out o...

Answered by Zeeshan K. Maths tutor
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How do i use the chain rule twice when differentiating?

Ok so for this question we'll use this example: y = (e-2x^2 + 2)1/5
We start off by making the expression inside the brackets equal to u. In other words u = e-2x^2 + ...

Answered by Indiya L. Maths tutor
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Given the curve y=x^2 +1 and the line y=k, find, using graphical methods only, the value of k for which there is exactly one solution.

Graphically, the solution of a pair of simultaneous equations is the point of intersection between both curves. If we want only one solution to the system of equations, then there should only be one point...

Answered by Marcos T. Maths tutor
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Factorise the following expression x^2+11x+24=0

Find two values that multiply together to make 24, and add together to make 11
List the factors of 24:24,112,26,48,3
Here we can see the only numbers that add together to make 11 are 8 and 3, s...

Answered by Lauren M. Maths tutor
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