Eric Nicholas K's answer to Shan Kuek's Secondary 3 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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I have used the approach which uses the least amount of algebraic working and the least amount of writing (as in, for your writing on paper; my Long writings are basically explanations for the concepts).

Note that there are more than one method to do part (iv) and part (v).