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Discuss the role of foreshadowing in Of Mice and men.

There's many instances of foreshadowing in the novella, most of the scenes point towards the tragic ending. Steinbeck frequently hints towards the climax of the novella through his use of dialogue. George in...
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When and how do I use integration by parts?

Integration by parts is used when you would like to find the integral of a composite function made up of two functions of the same variable as which you're integrating with respect to. The formula for this t...
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Solve the simultaneous equations 2x + 3y = 4, 3x + 6y = 3

Label the equations (1): 2x + 3y = 4 (2): 3x + 6y = 3We need the same number of x's or y's in the equations, so multiply (1) by 3 and (2) by 2 giving (3): 6x + 9y = 12 (4): 6x + 12y = 6Subtract (3) from (4) ...
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How do I show two lines are skew?

Skew lines in 3 dimensions are those which are not parallel and do not intersect. Let's take two example lines: l 1 = (2, 2, -1) + λ(3, 1, -3) and l 2 = (1, 0, 1) + µ(6, -4, 9) First we need to show that the...
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Solve the quadratic equation x^2 + 3x + 2 = 0, by factorisation.

We need two numbers, a and b, such that a*b = 2 and a+b=3Looking at the equation it can be seen that 2 and 1 fulfill these conditions.Therefore x 2 +3x +2=0 = (x+2)(x+1)=0This means we need either x+2 or x+1...
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