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What is close reading?

Close reading is when you really engage with a text and all of its connotations. It means that you need to look at what techniques, voice or person the author may be using but importantly it is not just spot...
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My knowledge of biology is good but I never seem to get all the marks on a question - how can I get as many marks as possible?

This is a really common problem of knowing all the knowledge behind the question but still not getting the most marks you can. The best way to manage this is to simply learn the mark scheme; the questions th...
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what on earth is a mole, and why is it used in balancing equations

Well... chemistry is the study of very tiny particles (electrons, atoms, molecules). It would be very hard for us to work with, and make calculations with, a single particle. A 'mole' is just 6.022x10^23 of ...
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Answered by Jonjo C. • Chemistry tutor
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Solve: a) 5t + 17 = 2. b) x^3 - 25 = 103 - x^3.

a) 5t + 17 = 2. We want to work out what t is. t = ?.To do this we need to get t on it's own , so first we move all the other numbers to equal t.We do this by subtracting 17 from both sides and we should fin...
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Factorise the Quadratic: 3x^2 + 2x - 1.

When we are asked to factorise a quadratic we essentially need to tidy it up by putting it into brackets.For a quadratic we look to work out the sum and the product, however this time it's a bit different as...
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Answered by James A. • Maths tutor
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