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1) Peter is making a sculpture using different pieces of metal tubing. He

makes a tower by stacking 7 pieces that are ( f + g ) cm tall, 9 pieces that
are(h-g)cmtalland5piecesthatare2hcmtallontopofeachother.

Findasimplifiedexpressionfortheheightofthetowerintermsoff,gandh.

cm
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2)Estimatethevalueofeachofthefollowingto1decimalplace:

a) x,wherex= 70

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b)y,where3y=20

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3)Expandandsimplify(x-1)(2x+3)(2x-3).

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4)Fullyfactorisex3 -25x.

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1 + 7
5)Express intheforma+b 7 ,whereaandbareintegers.
3 7

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