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How should I use incorporate secondary, critical quotations into my own responses to literature?

It's important to approach the critics with a critical attitude. This means applying to the secondary material the same rigour and attention which you give to the primary material. You can do this in a few d...
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Find the exact value of the integral of (2+7/x), between x=1 and x=e. Give your answer in terms of e.

1.) Find the integral of each term. --> [2x +7ln(x)]. --> Uses standard integrals--> e.g. that the integral of 1/x is ln(x). 2.) substitute values into the integral. --> [2(e)+ 7ln(e)]- [2(1)+7ln...
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Prove by induction that 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + . . . + n^2 = (1/6)n(n+1)(2n+1)

Base case - First let us consider the base case where n=1. Then the left hand side of the equation becomes 1 and the right hand side is (1/6) 1 2*3=6/6=1. Thus LHS=RHS and we are done. Induction hypothesis -...
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Expand (x+4)(x-4)=33 to give values of x

Use FOIL to expand the brackets. To do this, we start by multiplying the FIRST value in each bracket which in this case is x so we get x^2. Then we multiply the OUTSIDE two values, so here that is x and -4 s...
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How do surds relate to powers and roots?

To understand surds we have to understand powers and there uses. So to start we should look at powers such as what is 2 2 , 3 2 , and 5 2 . This shows us going up but then we look at how we square root thing...
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