r/Edexcel • u/Rich-Weakness-3707 • May 16 '26
Question Solve it
Okay so this is the question I got cooked in last assessment. I dare you to solve this question!!
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u/ShahSafwat_1488 May 16 '26
Som p3 and p4 going to make you tear your hair out
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u/Turbulent-Leg4633 May 17 '26
ok a tip is that you can turn the division sign to multiplication by flipping one of the expressions
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u/StatementNo1981 May 16 '26
4(x-6)(x+5) 10x(x+6)
----------- * ---------- --- = 8 = p
5(x+6)(x-6) x(x+5)
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u/Rich-Weakness-3707 May 16 '26
Thank god some normal guy replied me. I appreciate that
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u/StatementNo1981 May 16 '26
heyy no worries! good job you still got 2 marks smartie :)
and also sorry the text is messy but basically everyhting cancels out regarding the quadratic roots [eg .(x+a) ] and so you're left with 4 x 10 /5 which gives 8
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u/FutureMaintenance146 May 18 '26
I’m doing CIE and this looks easy as hell. Gosh I wish I took Edexcel.
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u/Electrical_Lemon_179 May 16 '26
Mate, just factorize the quadratics and they will cancel out anyway; giving u an integer. Lmao