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In what ways does John Steinbeck explore the idea of love in his novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’?

In the first half of the book, Steinbeck shows the reader George and Lennie’s complex friendship largely through dialogue. When George mentions the possibility of living alone, George, though indifferent ...

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Describe how ionic and covalent bonding forms compounds (6). You may use diagrams to help.

Compounds are structures where two or more elements are chemically bonded together. These chemical bonds are ionic, covalent or metallic depending on the elements involved. Ionic bonds, form between a met...

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Jo wants to work out the solutions of x^2 + 3x – 5 = 0 She says, ‘‘The solutions cannot be worked out because x^2 + 3x – 5 does not factorise to (x + a)(x + b) where a and b are integers.’’ Is Jo correct?

She is not correct. We can solve a quadratic equation in other ways. The easiest way is to use the formula for quadratic equations.x = (-b +/- sq. root (b^2 - 4ac) / 2ax = -3 +/- sq. root 3^2 - 4x -5 / 2 ...

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The range of a set of numbers is 15 1/4. The smallest number is –2 7/8. Work out the largest number.

First we need to understand what the range is. It is the difference between the smallest and largest numbers in a sample or list or numbers. If we add the range on to the smallest number we get the larges...

Answered by Kirsty A. • Maths tutor

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Calculate the value of x

Angle AOB = 2x + 28. An angle at the circumference is half that at the centre, so angle ACB = x + 14. Opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral sum 180° , so ACB + ADB = 180. ADB is given as 3x - 70. This...

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