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How should we translate verbs ending in -ing into French?

Unlike in English, French only has one form of the present tense. This means that, no matter how tempting it may be, both 'I do my homework' and 'I am doing my homework' should be translated in exactly the s...
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Answered by Daniel P. • French tutor
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Why, in the bromination of phenols, do you not need an acid catalyst like you do in the bromination of benzene?

Benzene's delocalised π electrons means that it is not very nucleophilic and so cannot polarise a neutral molecule and produce the required electrophile. As a result it require a catalyst to form the electro...
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Answered by Sian A. • Chemistry tutor
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Find the stationary points of the function z = 3x(x+y)3 - x3 + 24x

z = 3x(x+y) 3 - x 3 + 24xDifferentiating partially with respect to x and with respect to y:∂z/∂x = 3(x+y) 3 + 9x(x+y) 2 - 3x 2 + 24∂z/∂y = 9x(x+y) 2 At stationary points: ∂z/∂x = 0 and ∂z/∂y = 0.From ∂z/∂y =...
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“Both Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gastby’ and Joshua Ferris’ ‘Then We Came to the End’ act as criticisms of capitalism.’” Do you agree with the statement?

Furthermore, through their presentation of the divine ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘ Then We Came to the End’ act as criticisms or capitalism. There is a clear correlation between the Western world embracing capit...
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How do I use the quadratic formula?

example quadratic eqn: ax 2 +bx+c=0 => x = (-b+-(b 2 -4ac) 1/2 )/2a e.g. 4x 2 -13x+3/4=0 x= (13+-(157) 1/2 )/8 = 3.1912, 0.0588
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Answered by Ben B. • Maths tutor
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