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St Nicholas 2025 P6 Maths Prelim — Paper 2 Q8b Solution

Paper 2 · Q8b · 1 mark · Algebra

Question

For the curry puff sales table, (b) For each statement, indicate whether it is True, False or Not possible to tell.
Answer: Statement 1: Not possible to tell; Statement 2: True

Worked solution

  1. Statement 1: Saturday $= w + 40$ and Monday $= 2w$
  2. whether $w + 40 > 2w$ depends on the value of $w$, so it is Not possible to tell. Statement 2: Monday sold $2w$ curry puffs at \$2 each $= \$4w$, so the statement is True.

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