Change of Subjects (Paper 2)

Type 1: changing the subject of a formula

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Level 2 2013 Q2, 2016 Q2, 2017 Q3, 2018 Q2, 2019 Q5
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Type 1: changing the subject of a formula

Level 1

HKDSE 2012 Maths Sample Paper 2 Q2

If 5 − 3m = 2n , then m =

A. n.
2n − 5
B. .
3
− 2n + 5
C. .
3
− 2n + 15
D. .
3

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HKDSE 2012 Maths Practice Paper 2 Q2

If 3a + 1 = 3(b − 2) , then b =

A. a+1.
B. a+3.
7
C. a+ .
3
5
D. a− .
3

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HKDSE 2020 Maths Paper 2 Q2

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HKDSE 2021 Maths Paper 2 Q2

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Level 2

HKDSE 2013 Maths Paper 2 Q2

y −1 y +1
If = , then y =
c d

c−d
A. .
c+d
d −c
B. .
c+d
c+d
C. .
c−d
c+d
D. .
d −c

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HKDSE 2016 Maths Paper 2 Q2

𝑎 𝑏
If + 𝑦 = 3, then x =
𝑥

𝑎𝑦
A. .
3𝑦−𝑏

𝑎𝑦
B. .
𝑏−3𝑦

𝑏𝑦
C. .
3𝑦−𝑎

𝑏𝑦
D. .
𝑎−3𝑦

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HKDSE 2017 Maths Paper 2 Q3
a + 4b b
If = 2 + , then a =
2a a

2b
A. .
3
3b
B. .
2
5b
C. .
6
6b
D. .
5
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HKDSE 2018 Maths Paper 2 Q2

 
If = , then x =
1− x x


A. .
 −

B. .
 +

C. .
 −

D. .
 +

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HKDSE 2019 Maths Paper 2 Q5

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