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Find the solutions of the equation x^2 - 2x - 8 =0

First factorise the equation into 2 sets of brackets: You can do this by looking at the constant in the quadratic, 8. Try and find 2 numbers that multiply together to make 8 (such as 4 and 2), and that...

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Answered by Tom V. Maths tutor
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I just arrived to the UK and I cannot keep up with my English classes. What can I do?

Listening & Speaking: get involved as much as you can with your class-mates. Learning a language by using it everyday is the quickest way to become fluent in it.

Reading also helps a ...

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Answered by Giovanni B. English tutor
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I have neither friends or family who can speak Italian. How can I practice it?

1) Listen to music or watch movies, either original Italian movies or English movies dubbed in Italian to get used to how people speak, how they pronounce word and the intonation they use to change the...

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Answered by Giovanni B. Italian tutor
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Explain why chlorine (Cl2) is a gas at room temperature, but sodium chloride (NaCl) is a solid at room temperature.

The melting/boiling point of a substance determines what state of matter it takes at a certain temperature.

In Cl2 there are covalent bonds between the atoms forming simple molecules. The...

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Answered by Lily W. Chemistry tutor
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How to convert any binary number to decimal?

Let us take a binary number 10010111. To make conversion easier let us write down numbers 0 to 7 under this binary number starting from the right side.

These numbers will...

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Answered by Mantas S. Computing tutor
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