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In a bag of 72 red and green marbles, 5/9 are green. What is the number of red marbles in the bag?

72 cards5/9 are green = 72/(5/9) = 40 green marbles72 - 40 = 32 red marbles

Answered by Venn S. Maths tutor
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There are 7 blue pens, 4 green pens and 6 red pens in a box. One pen is taken at random from the box. Write down the probability that this pen is blue

First of all you need to work out the total number of pens. 7+4+6=17. How many of these 17 pens are blue? 7. If you pick one pen out of the 17, 7 of them would be blue. To work out the probability, you n...

Answered by Tobias H. Maths tutor
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The curve, C has equation y = 2x^2 +5x +k. The minimum value of C is -3/4. Find the value of k.

Notes: At the minimum point of the curve, the gradient is = 0. You can find the gradient of a curve by taking the derivative of a point in the curve. We also know that when the curve is at a minimum, ...

Answered by Baraqat H. Maths tutor
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How do I find the minimum point for the equation y = x^2 -5x - 6?

The minimum point for the curve can be found by finding the point at which the gradient is zero, where the curve is instantaneously level, before increasing again. This can be done by differentiating the ...

Answered by Alex U. Maths tutor
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Expand (1+0.5x)^4, simplifying the coefficients.

Step 1. Draw Pascal's triangle to find the coefficients. 1; 1 2 1 ; 1 3 3 1 ; 1 4 6 4 1. As you can see, each row starts and finishes with 1. The numbers in between are worked out by add...

Answered by Srikka S. Maths tutor
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