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In the UK 7% of children are privately educated compared with 24% in Japan. Evaluate whether the provision of education should be left solely to market forces.

Reasons why it should be left to market forces: • competition in the provision of education can increase choice. Different types of education may be provided => profit motive could make more educational i...
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Express the number 208 as a) an 8-bit binary number b) an octal string c) a hexadecimal string

Number conversions are a staple of both A-Level and GCSE computing papers. a) Expressing as a binary number is the hardest part of a conversion. Octal and hexadecimal can all come after easily. To express as...
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Answered by Adam M. • Computing tutor
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A school has a number of students. One is chosen at random; the probability that the student is female is 2/5. Knowing that there are 174 male students, work out the total number of students in the school.

This is a simple yet standard GCSE question, especially in non-calculator papers. The solution is simple: if the student is picked at random, then the probability 2/5 must represent a ratio where the other s...
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Answered by Adam M. • Maths tutor
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The circle C has centre A (10, 12) and passes through the point B (15, 15). a) Find the length of AB, giving your answer as a simplified surd. b) Hence write down an equation for C in the form (x+c)^2 + (y+d)^2 = r^2.

a) Given two coordinate pairs (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) you can work out the distance AB as sqrt((x1-x2) 2 +(y1-y2) 2 ) - subbing in values gives us sqrt(5 2 +3 2 ) which is equal to sqrt(34) . Despite the quest...
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Answered by Adam M. • ICT tutor
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Q: Choose a poet who reflects on the idea of change. Show how the poet explores the subject in one or more of his/her poems, and explain to what extent your appreciation of the subject is deepened.

(P) Heaney is convincing in his use of the extended metaphor, which brings to life his observation that childhood innocence must give way to adult realism. Just as the berries inevitably rot when picked from...
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