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A ladder 5.5m long is leaning against a wall. the foot of the ladder is 1.7m away from the wall. how far up the wall does the ladder reach?

This is a classic GCSE Pythagoras' Theorem question. The first thing we are going to do is draw a diagram. Once we sketch out a diagram, we can see that the ladder makes a triangle shape with the wall. If we...
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What is Rawls' Difference Principle? Why do people say it is not egalitarian?

John Rawls' vision of distributive justice entails his Difference Principle. The Difference Principle permits diverging from strict equality so long as the inequalities in question would make the least advan...
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How do I work out the length of sides on a right-angle triangle?

Over 2000 Pythagoras discovered that when a triangle has a right angle (90 degrees), and squares are made for each of the three sides, then the biggest square has the exact same area as the two other squares...
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How should I approach and structure the long English Language AQA Exam questions?

Firstly, whilst there are wrong answers to English questions, there is never one single right answer to any English essay. Your job is to argue your point of view to the question asked. If you state your vie...
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What is the Difference Between a Shakespearian and a Petrarchan Sonnet?

The sonnet is a poetic form first popularised by the Renaissance Italian poet Petrarch. Traditionally in English, sonnets are written in iambic pentameter and have fourteen lines. Traditionally in English, t...
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Answered by Celia C. • English tutor
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