A shop decreases prices by 10% and then by a further 20%. Rachel says: “Prices have now decreased by 30%”. Is Rachel correct? Why?
Price have decreased by 28% (1 - 0.9*0.8)
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Alex invests some money for 3 years in a savings account. She gets 4% per annum compound interest. Alex has £5680.56 at the end of 3 years, work how much she invested.
£5050
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Charlie invests £2500 for 3 years in a savings account. She gets 3% per annum compound interest in the first year, then x% for 2 years. Charlie has £2705.36 at the end of 3 years, work out the value of x .
2.5% ( sqr [2705.36/(2500*1.03)] -1 )
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Find the equation of the line perpendicular to 5y=2x-4 which passes through (0,7)
y=-5/2 x +7
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Line A passes through the points (2, 1) and (5, 10) Find the equation of the line parallel to A that passes through (0,-5)
y = 3x - 5
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Write 5√27 in the form k√3 , where k is an integer.
15√3
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Write 7√20 in the form k√5 , where k is an integer