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Find the stationary points on y = x^3 + 3x^2 + 4 and identify whether these are maximum or minimum points.

First, you will need to differentiate the function with respect to x. Finding dy/dx.For polynomials, this is done by taking one away from the old power and multiplying the coefficient by the old power and...

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What are the possible ways to find the roots from a quadratic equation?

quadratic equation where the coefficients of the quadratic equation: ax^2 + bx + c are substituted into the formula: [-b +- (b^2 - 4ac)^0.5] / 2a. The roots are what x equalscompleting the square where th...

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Factorise and Solve x^2 + 10x + 15 = -6

To factorise an equation like this we must first make the equation equal to 0 therefore it becomes: x^2+10x+21.Now we have the equation in a way that we can work with it we can factorise.To do this we nee...

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Yesterday it took 5 cleaners 4 and ½ hours to clean all the rooms in a hotel. There are only 3 cleaners to clean all the rooms in the hotel today. How much time will it take them?

Firstly we need to identify what is the underlying principle of this question and what are the assumptions we have to make. We are given some information about the cleaning process in a hotel. The variabl...

Answered by Viola V. • Maths tutor

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What is the probability that you pick a blue ball from a bag of 3 blue balls, 4 red balls and 2 black balls

total number of balls = 3+4+2=9number of blue balls = 3probability of picking a blue ball = total number of blue balls/total number of ballstherefore = 3/9=1/3

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