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A ball is thrown in the air. The height of the ball at time t is given by: h=5+4t-2t^2. What is its maximum height? At what time does the ball reach this height?

First, we find the derivative of h: dh/dt= 4-4t. To find the point(s) of interest, we solve dh/dt=0. This gives the answer t=1. In order to determine whether t=1 is a minimum point or maximum point we find t...
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Expand the brackets: (3a+3)(a+4)

To expand this, we must multiply each term in both brackets separately and then add all of these terms together. First, multiply the first term in each of the brackets: 3a x a = 3a^2. Next multiply the first...
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Explain how oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported within the blood?

Oxygen diffuses through the alveolar wall into the capillary beds surrounding the lungs, and here it enters the red blood cells (erythrocytes). It binds to protein contained within the red blood cell called ...
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Explore how Carol Ann Duffy presents the fragility of love in ‘Betrothal’, and make connections with one or two other poems from your collection.

Duffy also presents the fragility of love through her choice of form. ‘You’ is a Shakespearean sonnet, comprised of four quatrains and a rhyming couplet, which is a traditional poetic choice when presenting ...
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Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of knowledge and/ or knowing in Hamlet. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.

Shakespeare treats knowledge as a superficial and frail concept that, despite humanity’s innate desire to acquire it, is the cause of self-damnation and destruction. This can be seen in Shakespeare’s present...
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Answered by Meg R. • English tutor
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