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What's the difference between mens rea and actus reus?

Mens rea and actus reus are two elements of a crime, as it would be explained in court. An academic, Wilson, described mens rea as a "mental attitude" - the psychological element of a crime - e.g. ...
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Solve 4x - 6 < 2x + 5

4x - 6 &lt; 2x + 5 is an inequality. It means &quot;4x - 6 is smaller than 2x + 5&quot;. An inequality can be solved just like an equation: whatever you do to one side, you also do to the other. Firstly, add...
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How do I know which sides are the Adjacent, Opposite and Hypotenuse for trigonometry?

The hypotenuse is the easiest to spot - it's always the longest side, and it's across from the right angle in the triangle. This leaves two others: the adjacent side is the side that is next to the acute ang...
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Write pseudocode for the linear search algorithm, and then explain it’s complexity using big-O notation

Pseudocode: FUNCTION linearSearch(list, searchTerm): FOR index FROM 0 -&gt; length(list): IF list[index] == searchTerm THEN RETURN index ENDIF ENDLOOP RETURN -1 ENDFUNCTION Complexity: Recognize that the sin...
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Describe what you understand by abstraction, and how it is relevant to software engineering.

Two parts: Abstraction: Separating ideas from reality / implementationHiding (irrelevant) details from the userA representation / simplification of a concept Application: Object oriented programming is full ...
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