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Bennett has said that the boys in the play know more than any of their teachers. How far do you agree that the boys “know more” than the staff?

When first reading Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’ one may assume that the boys “know more” than the staff on the basis of their condescending nature and their naturally bright aptitudes, despite their relat...

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write (3.2 x 10^4) - (5 x 10^3) in standard form

In order to do this question you want to make sure that both parts of the subtraction are multiplied by the same power of 10.In this case let's make the second part in terms of 10^4. So it becomes 0.5 x 1...

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[Higher] Simplify the following expressions: x^7 X x ^5 and (x^-2)^-3

For the first part, when we are multiplying a number of two different powers (here being 7 and 5), we must add the powers in order to simplify the expression. So here x⁷ * x⁵ = x

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[Foundation} y = 4x - 3t. x = 2 and t = 5. Work out the value of y.

We know y = 4x - 3t. We are given the values of x and t and we need to work out the value of y. So we shall substitute the given values of x and t to work out y. y = 4 X 2 - 3 X 5, and so using the laws o...

Answered by Zak S. • Maths tutor

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How does classical conditioning occur?

Classical conditioning occurs when a conditioned stimulus produces a conditioned response.First begin with an unconditioned stimulus which creates an unconditioned response. For example, food will automat...

Answered by Jamie D. • Psychology tutor

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