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Factorise 3a^2 - 9a

To factorise you need to identify 'factors', which are common features, between the different terms in an equation. In 3a^2 - 9a, the first term is 3a^2 and the second term is -9a. One common feature betw...

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How do I solve the following simultaneous equations? y = 2x -3 and 2x + 3y = 23

Equation 1 : y = 2x -3 Equation 2: 2x +3y = 23To solve these equations you use a method called substitution The information from the 1st equation is used by the 2nd one Sub in the formula for y like so: 2...

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Solve x^2 + 7x + 10 = 0

First factorise the quadratic into the form (x + a)(x + b) = 0.This will make x^2 + ax + bx + ab = 0.Work out a and b so that a + b = 7 and ab = 10.a = 5 b = 25+2 = 7 52 = 10.

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A linear sequence begins: a + 2b, a + 6b, a + 10b, ..., ... Given that the 2nd term has a value of 8 and the 5th term has a value of 44, calculate the values for a and b

This is a linear sequence which we can see increasing by 4b with every consecutive term.

Given the values of the first 3 terms, we can see that the 4th and 5th terms must be a + 14b and a + 18b...

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I’m confused by the difference between using f’(x) and f”(x) to find the minima and maxima of a curve

Imagine you have an object moving through time, like a car on the road. The distance that car travels=xThe speed of that object=f’(x)This is because speed is defined as the the rate of change of distance ...

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