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Alex designs a game for people to play, using two fair five-sided spinners. A person wins the game when both spinners land on the same letter. People pay 40p for each game they play. The prize for a win in £1. Is she likely to raise money?

In order to raise money, we need the average number of wins to be smaller than the average number of losses by at least a factor of 0.4.
The average number of wins will be the number of games multipl...

Answered by Megan L. • Maths tutor

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Sam works for £14 per hour. When Sam works more than 8 hours a day, he is paid overtime for each hour he works more than 8 hours at 1½ times his normal rate of pay. Sam worked for 12 hours. Work out the total amount of money Sam earned.

Find the wage received from normal rate= 8x14=112. We then find the wage received from working overtime by finding the number of extra hours worked (12-8=4) multiplied by the overtime wage of (1½ x14= 1.2...

Answered by Joseph C. • Maths tutor

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To what extent is Marlowe's Doctor Faustus a character who gets what he deserves?

In keeping with the structure of the traditional Aristotelian tragedy, throughout ‘Doctor Faustus’, Marlowe presents the eponymous protagonist as a character afflicted by a fatal flaw (hamartia), facilita...

Answered by Sam A. • English Literature tutor

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How far do you agree that the Hundred Flowers Campaign was a trick designed by Mao to trap his opponents?

After Mao encouraged intellectuals to voice their concerns and criticisms of the Chinese Communist Party in the spring of 1957, he was hit with waves of outcries from millions around the country complai...

Answered by Sam A. • History tutor

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To what extent are a posteriori arguments for the existence of God more persuasive than a priori arguments?

Arguments for the existence of God which employ a posteriori reasoning are underpinned by empirical observation of the world to reach conclusions. Such arguments could be applauded due to their substantia...

Answered by Sam A. • Religious Studies tutor

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