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What is an ablative absolute?

An ablative absolute is a phrase made up of a NOUN and a PARTICIPLE in the ablative case. Therefore they both need ablative endings. Use this formula to translate an ablative absolute with a perfect parti...

Answered by Sophie R. • Latin tutor

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Briefly outline Anselm's Ontological argument

Anselm's Classical Ontological argument was based on ontology( the study of the nature of being). It was intended as a means of proving the existence of God on an a priori basis which doesn't require the ...

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Prove Wilson's Theorem, i.e. (p-1)! = -1 (mod p) for any prime number p.

Claim: For any prime p: (p-1)! = -1 (mod p)Proof: For p=2: 1! = 1 so the equality obviously holds. Therefore, we need to consider cases when p is odd.
Let's consider set: {1, ... , p-1}...

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Explain how carbon is cycled in the environment, including the role of all living organisms and the use of fossil fuels.

This question was taken from a recent past paper.Let's start by working out what the examiner is looking for here. This question makes it quite obvious, as it states the words 'carbon' and 'cycle', tellin...

Answered by Adele P. • Biology tutor

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What is hydrogen bonding and why does water have a higher boiling point than methanol?

Hydrogen bonding is an intermolecular interaction between a partially positively charged hydrogen atom on one molecule and a partially negatively charged atom on another molecule. The difference in charge...

Answered by Max Q. • Chemistry tutor

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