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What’s the difference between a swash and a backwash?

The swash and backwash are both types of wave movement that influence the structure of a beach. The swash helps to build up the beach, loosing its energy and depositing its load of sand and silt onto the bea...
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We need to accept flooding as a regular occurrence in the UK. Statistics show that days of ‘extreme rain’ (very heavy rainfall) have become more common since 1960, moving from one in a hundred days on average in the 1960s to one in seventy days in 2015. T

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument in the above passage? A The UK has been underprepared for the effects of flooding. B The UK could learn from countries such as In...
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Describe 2 characteristics of Baroque music.

Baroque composers such as Bach and used a variety of techniques in their work. A commonly used feature was the Ground Bass. This was a pattern, used in the bassline of a piece of music, that was repeated for...
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Explain using a diagram why when people have medical insurance the PED for medical treatment is likely to be very low whilst the YED is likely to be high

The price elasticity of demand, which measures the sensitivity of demand when price changes, for medical treatment is often low when people have medical insurance since the insurance company will cover most ...
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What is Pythagoras' Theorem and how is it used in exam questions?

Pythagoras' Theorem is an equation used to give us more information about right angled triangles. The theorem itself looks like this: a 2 +b 2 =c 2 where c = the hypotenuse (the longest side of the triangle,...
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