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Aled has three concrete slabs. Two of the slabs are square, with each side of length x metres. The third slab is rectangular and measures 1 metre by (x +1) metres. The three concrete slabs cover an area of 7m^2. Show that 2x^2 + x – 6 = 0. Find x.

For the first part of the question, we can firstly assume that the... area of slab 1 + area of slab 2 + area of slab 3 = total area, which we know to be 7m^2Knowing that to work out the area of a squa...

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Why did Henry VIII come into conflict with the papacy in the early 1530s?

This is a good question, and one that has multiple overlapping causes. To begin with, Henry's wishes clashed with the papacy's as he wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon, in order to produce a legitimate...

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Explain how a firm's costs of production are affected by the law of diminishing marginal returns in the short run (10)

The law of diminishing marginal returns is when a firm experiences a fall in returns as more units are produced in the short term.
In the short run at at least one factor is fixed, such as lan...

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How do I integrate cos^2x with respect to x?

This can be a very tricky question if you do not know how to approach it. Our first instinct may be to try a substitution, but this gets us nowhere. In fact, the trick is to make use of the identity

Answered by Raiad S. • Maths tutor

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Explore the theme of desire in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire' is set in New Orleans in the 1940s during the Great Depression. The play demonstrates the great extent to which the protagonists will go in order to gratify ...

Answered by Elsie B. • English tutor

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