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The language that the author/poet/playwright is using is really difficult. How can I understand it?

First of all, don't worry - reading texts which were written four hundred years ago was never going to be easy! Even the most acclaimed scholars had that moment where they first opened their copy of The Merc...
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A circle with centre C has equation x^2 + y^2 + 2x - 6y - 40 = 0. Express as (x - a)^2 + (y - b)^2 = d.

First we must complete the square on both x and y. To complete a square we must take the number before the x and half it, for example nx we get n/2. We then write it as (x + n/2) 2 - (n/2) 2 . So for our que...
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Answered by Reuben M. Maths tutor
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The following sequence reads: 8, 5, 2, -1. What are the 4th and 50th terms of this sequence?

With sequences we should follow the general formula of An + B . The n refers to the position in the sequence i.e. for the 3rd number in the sequence (which is 2 in the above sequence) n=3. The A refers to th...
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Answered by Aneesh S. Maths tutor
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Arrange the following decimals in order of size: 0.45, 1.09, 0.3, 0.08

There are 5 steps you can follow to make this sort of problem easier to handle: 1) Line up all of the values in a column with the decimal points under each other 2) Ensure each value is the same length by fi...
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Answered by Aneesh S. Maths tutor
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How do I revise for an English exam?

Whether you are studying a play, novel or poem the key revision techniques are very similar. Firstly, I would say the most important aspect is to familarise yourself with the text itself. For example, with a...
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