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What are participles and how are they used?

Participles are defined as verbal adjectives: they are formed from verbs, describing an action but are used as adjectives. For example, 'I ran away from the collapsing house' uses the participle 'collapsing'...
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How is time expressed in Latin?

There are various ways to express time in Latin. 1) The first option is with a preposition or adverb. For example: post multos dies - after many days abhinc tres dies - three days ago ante primam lucem - bef...
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Prove that the derivative of tan(x) is sec^2(x).

Let y = tan(x) Recall the definition of tan(x) as sin(x)/cos(x) Therefore y = sin(x)/cos(x) Use the quotient rule, which states that for y = f(x)/g(x), dy/dx = (f'(x)g(x) - f(x)g'(x))/g 2 (x) with f(x) = sin...
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Why is Milgram's experiment on obedience considered so unethical?

Despite no real physical harm to the participant nor the confederate, Milgram's 1963 experiment broke the code of conduct in regard to what constitutes an ethical study in a number of ways, and if presented ...
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What is nucleophilic substitution and how can I draw a mechanism to show this reaction taking place?

A substitution reaction is a displacement reaction. This is when one functional group in one reactant is displaced by another functional group from a second reactant.This is different to an addition reaction...
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