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When multiplying or dividing positive and negative numbers, the sign of the result is given by: e.g. 6 x 3 = 18; e.g. (6) x 3 = 18 e.g. 6 x (3) = 18 e.g. (6) x (3) = 18
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a(b + c) = ab + ac (a + b)(a b) = Removing brackets (a + b)(c + d) = ac + ad + bc + bd (a + b)2 = a2 + b2 + 2ab; a2 b2 a(b c) = ab ac
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To add or subtract two fractions, first rewrite each fraction so that they have the same denominator. Then, the numerators are added or subtracted as appropriate and the result is divided by the common denominator: e.g. Adding and subtracting fractions
15 3 5 fractions Multiplying = 4 3 716 1115 77 31 To + multiply = + two = fractions, multiply their numerators and 5 4 20 20 20 4 3 16 15 31 + = + = 5 4 20 20 20
Logarithms to base e, denoted loge, or alternatively ln, are called natural logarithms. The letter e stands for the exponential constant, which is approximately 2.7183.
n 5means 1 + 2 + 3 n i n +x 42 + 52 x x means +. x.2 x x1 +x .+ 2 2 2 1 This notation is often in statistical calculations. The n 1 used 3 + 4 + 52 i i means m 1/ n n m/ n n m 0 i =1 2 n 1 i = i 1 + 2 + 3 x n x x x + + . . . + x = = a = m a = a a = a a =1 1 i =1i =i 1 2x + x + n. . . + x xi x= = i =1 1 n2 x n and mean the n quantities, 1 iof =n 2 xn is n n1, x2, ... a x = n n= x2 n n =1 ( x i x ) i x 5 n x var( = = i =1 i x 2 ) x x x + + . . . + i i =1 n 1 n 22 2 n2 2 Laws of logarithms n x = =x n3 n means i2 12 +2 + 4 5n 2 x x x2 + + + ... + +x x ii = x )2 1 n( n 2 i n1 n1 i 2 1 = =12 ix i x = = i = x x ( ) y 2 x n n 2 = = var( ) x i n x i y = log b x means b = x and b is called the base 2 i =1 x )i =1 (xi= var( x ) = x 2 1 n 1x i i= n ni =
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The Greek capital letter sigma is used as an abbreviation n values: x1, x2, ... xn and we for a sum. Suppose we have x1 + x 2 . . . xn wish to add them together. The sum n x + x2 . . . xn x1 + 1 x2 x. .+ . xn is written x i 1 x2 . . . xn
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1 1 1 3 = 10% = 25% = 50% = 75% 10 4 2 4 1 1 1 3 = 10% = 25% = 50% way = 75% Ratios are simply an alternative 10 4 2 4 of expressing fractions. Consider dividing 200 between two people in the ratio of 3:2. This means that for every 3 the first person gets, the second person gets 2. So the first gets 3/5 of the total (i.e. 120) and the second gets 2/5 (i.e. 80).
= x var( )=n n The variance is n nx 2x ) 2 (x ) =n var( n n sd x x x ( ) x x x + + . . . + ii in = 11 n 22 x= = i i= = 1 =2 2 i =1 x var( x ) in n i =1 x i =1 ( x i x ) n n n x = = x2 var( ) sd(x ) = var(x ) n n x sd(x ) = var( ) sd(x ) = var(x ) i.e. the mean the squares minus x 2 the square of the mean (x ) 2 n n of i x x )(= = i =1 i x 2 var(sd x ) =i =1 var(x ) n var(x ) n sd(x ) = The standard deviation (sd) is the square root of the variance:
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