Simplify \(\frac{x + 2}{x + 1}\) - \(\frac{x - 2}{x + 2}\)
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49 questionsThe thickness of an 800 pages of book is 18mm. Calculate the thickness of one leaf of the book giving your answer in meters and in standard form
If \(log_{10} 2 = 0.3010\) and \(log_{10} 3 = 0.4771\), evaluate; without using logarithm tables, \(log_{10} 4.5\)
Evaluate \(\frac{8^{\frac{1}{3}} \times 5^{\frac{2}{3}}}{10^{\frac{2}{3}}}\)
A tax payer is allowed \(\frac{1}{8}\)th of his income tax-free, and pays 20% on the remainder. If he pays N490.00 tax, what is his income?
A basket contain green, black and blue balls in the ratio 5 : 2 : 1. If there are 10 blue balls. Find the corresponding new ratio when 10 green and 10 black balls are removed from the basket
A 5.0g of salt was weighted by Tunde as 5.1g. What is the percentage error?
Simplify \(\frac{1\frac{1}{2}}{2 \div \frac{1}{4} \text{of } 32}\)
For which of the following exterior angles is a regular polygon possible? i. 35° ii. 18° iii. 15°
if x is the addition of the prime numbers between 1 and 6; and y the H.C.F. of 6, 9, 15. Find the product of x and y
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Scores(x) & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\ \hline Frequency(f) & 7 & 11 & 6 & 7 & 7 & 5 & 3\end{array}\)
In the distribution above, the mode and median respectively are
If 7 and 189 are the first and fourth terms of geometric progression respectively, find the sum of the first three terms of the progression
If the sum of the 8th and 9th terms of an arithmetic progression is 72 and the 4th term is -6, find the common difference
The solutions of x2 - 2x - 1 = 0 are the points of intersection of two graphs. if one of the graphs is y = 2 + x - x2, find the second graph
For what values of x is the curve y = \(\frac{x^2 + 3}{x + 4}\) decreasing?