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How is power presented in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?

Whilst readers may assume that power is wholly possessed by the male population of Gilead, namely that of the Commanders, it could be convincingly argued that Atwood presents Offred as powerful in her utilis...
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A plane travels at a speed of 213 miles per hour. Work out an estimate for the number of seconds the plane takes to travel 1 mile.

Since the plane travels 213 miles per hour, it must travel on average 1 mile every 1/213rd of an hour.We know that there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, and 60 seconds in a minute, so there are 60 x 60 = 3600 seco...
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Explain how convection currents in the mantle drive the movement of tectonic plates.

Heat is produced through the radioactive decay of elements in the inner core. This heats the lower mantle, causing the magma to become less dense and rise. Once it reaches the upper mantle it cools, becomes ...
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What is the difference between intramolecular and intermolecular forces for covalently bonded molecules?

Intramolecular forces are the forces that hold atoms together or arrange atoms in specific position relative to other atoms within one molecular entity . For example, water, whose chemical notation is H 2 O,...
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|The diagram shows part of a DNA molecule. DNA is a polymer. What is the evidence from the diagram that DNA is a polymer?

DNA is a polymer due to the fact it contains multiple repeating units (monomers). These monomers are known as nucleotides. Multiple nucleotides join together by phosphodiester bonds to form the polymer that ...
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