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bilat

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Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 4

Equations

Please answer thanks .

12/y = 60

what is y ?

/ means over

Thanks
Bila

44100 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 7

Find out what the square root of 44100

Please show working out on both questions

thank you alot

Last edited by bilat (2008-05-26 03:08:30)

mathsyperson

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Registered: 2005-06-22

Posts: 4,900

Re: Equations

For the first one, multiply both sides of the equation by y/60.

For the second one, note that you can rearrange the right side to (2 x 3 x 5 x 7) x (2 x 3 x 5 x 7).
That should help you find out what the square root is.

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