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Every year 1000 people fall off their boats into the water, yet some boats still do not carry life jackets. If all boats did carry life jackets then the number of people falling into the water would be reduced. What is the flaw in this argument?

Life jackets do not prevent people falling into the water like the question implies

Answered by Gabrielle F. • TSA Oxford tutor

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Why are some Interest Groups more important than others in the USA?

Interest groups have varying influence for a range of factors. Some of the main reasons for this are: the ability of interest groups to bring in money, the ability of interest groups to attract supporters...

Answered by Gabrielle F. • Politics tutor

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Should the government intervene in cases of market failure?

The benefits of government intervention are largely dependent on the type of government intervention and the form of market failure it hopes to correct, however it is normally beneficial for the governmen...

Answered by Gabrielle F. • Economics tutor

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What are the important similarities and differences between RNA and DNA?

Similarities Nucleotides consist of pentose sugar, phosphate and base

Differences RNA: ribose (sugar) single stranded Made in the nucleus but can move outside it U, A, G, C bases

DNA: deoxyr...

Answered by Rosie L. • Biology tutor

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Express 3cos(x)+4sin(x) in the form Rsin(x+y) where you should explicitly determine R and y.

Since Rsin(x+y)=Rsin(x)cos(y)+Rsin(y)cos(x), we can set Rcos(y)=4 (1) and Rsin(y)=3 (2) on comparison to the desired equation. Considering (2) divided by (1) we see that tan(y)=sin(y)/cos(y)=3/4 so y=atan...

Answered by William V. • Maths tutor

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