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Explain some characteristics of the genre "film noir" and give relevent socio-historical context where necessary.

Film Noir is a genre born from the paranoia of post-world-war-two America. With the Cold War well underway by the 1950s, Film Noir served as a reflection of both social attitudes and fears of the era. Mal...

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Explain what is meant by the "Euphemism Treadmill"

The Euphemism Treadmill is a concept coined by Stephen Pinker in his 2003 book "The Blank State". The concept explains how words that are used to replace offensive terms over time become offensi...

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Find the turning points of the curve y = x^3 +5x^2 -6x +4

y= x³ +5x² -6x +4

dy/dx = 3x² +10x -6

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Differentiate y=x^3

dy/dx = 3x^2

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Why does the Price Mechanism exist and what are the functions of it?

In Economics we study the idea of 'scarcity' (also known as the Economic Problem). Scarcity means that there is a finite amount of resources and an infinite amount of wishes. The Price Mechanism exists to...

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