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In Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, what is the significance of the "birds" as a trope throughout the novel?

"Birdsong" and birds themselves are used as a central motif, throughout the novel. This is first highlighted by Stephen’s phobia of birds. The horror for Stephen of the flapping birds wings is desc...
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With the aid of diagrams describe and explain the formation of landforms found near convergent plate boundaries. [10]

One landform found near convergent boundaries are coastal fold mountains. This is through the process of subduction over billions of years. This transforms island arcs (as shown in the diagram) into continen...
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y = x^x, find y'

y = x x , by taking logs:ln(y) = ln(x x )By log laws:ln(y) = xln(x)From implicit differentiation; d/dx = y'*d/dy, so:d/dx[ln(y)] = y'*d/dy[ln(y)] = y' * 1/yFrom the product rule; d/dx[xln(x)] = ln(x) * d/dx(...
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‘Tudor rebellions before 1540 were primarily driven by economic factors.' Explain why you agree or disagree with this view

During Henry VII and Henry VIII’s reigns, it is evident that there were many causes of rebellions; dynastic problems were the main cause of rebellions during the former’s reign, and after the threat of him b...
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Describe the structure of benzene with reference to delocalisation and an analysis of the Kekule structure.

Benzene is a circular molecule composed of 6 carbon atoms, each forming a single bond to two other carbons and one hydrogen. The fourth electron in the valence shell of each carbon is placed in a p orbital t...
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