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Describe how crude oil is separated into fractions in industry

Crude oil is made of many hydrocarbons that can have differing lengths. A hydrocarbons length determines it's boiling point due as a

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What is personification in poetry?

Personification is when writers give human characteristics to anything that is non-human. For example, objects, ideas, or animals. This can have a powerful descriptive effect for the reader. For example '...

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Solve the inequality x^2 < -8x + 9

Notice that the inequality may be rearranged to give the quadratic x^2 + 8x - 9 < 0.Factorise the quadratic to give (x-1)(x+9) < 0.Treating the expression as an equality, recall that if the product ...

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For any given journey, ABC Taxis charge customers a base fare of £5 plus 80p per mile. XYZ Taxis charge a base fare of £3 plus £1.20 per mile. Find the number of miles, x, that must be traveled in order for ABC taxis to be the cheaper journey option.

This question can represented in algebraic form:
ABC Taxis = 0.8x + 5XYZ Taxis = 1.2x + 3
Noting that the units must be consistent throughout the question, so we have changed the pence into mile...

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Determine (27/8)^3/2

Understanding we can split it into numerator and denominator and find individually.Understanding that ^1/3 is same as cube root and why, by considering that ^2 is squaring27^2/3 = 3^2 = 98^2/3 = 2^2 = 4 =...

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