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IGCSE Biology Paper6

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Dean713 said:
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the number of seeds germinated divided by the total number times 100
then i subtracted the 2 answers to get the % increase.
im rly not sure of tht calculation....
actually u had to do one more calculation they mentioned in bold same no. of seeds while the readings in the table Dish B was total 20 seeds but dish C was only 10 so u had to double and following that ur working is correct
 
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@ math angel

he asked percentage increase of germinated seeds which is 900
subtract that from original (100) to get 800

or if u use your way it woild be 16/2 *100
not 16/20 *100
 

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no just search ur maths book how 2 find % increase!!it is 16/20 *100!!!!!
 
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the % is 800 %
see
9/10=18/20
[[18-2]/2]*100=800%
800% is the right solution
 

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Math_angel said:
no just search ur maths book how 2 find % increase!!it is 16/20 *100!!!!!
ASTAR said:
the % is 800 %
see
9/10=18/20
[[18-2]/2]*100=800%
800% is the right solution
wefind percentage increase as a % of total so it wll be [[18-2]/20]*100=80%
 
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it is [16/2]*100
bec. in the question it said % increase from the germinating seeds [so it is /2]
 
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well, i wrote that more seeds germinated because there are less seeds in dish c , therefore less competition for water
and for the percentage i wrote 900%

because if u make (900/100)*2 the answer will be 18, u can get it by cross multiplication


2 ....... 18

100 ...... X


(18*100)/2= 900%
 
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@ayhammad

I made the same mistake bro :( unfirtunately, it's 800% beacause we're supposed to take 2 away from 18 because we're calculating an increase.

So its (18-2)/2*100 = 16/2*100 = 800%
 
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