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When do you use the Preterito perfecto and when the Preterito Indefinido?

You should think of the preterito perfecto as the present perfect in English and the preterito indefinido as the past simple. Indeed, you use the preterito perfecto (present perfect) when an action which has...
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Answered by Greta D. Spanish tutor
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How should I approach an unseen poetry question in my exam?

First, take a moment to read through the poem and work out what it is quite literally about. It may take a couple of read-throughs to wrap your head around this, but this is nothing worry about, poetry can o...
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Answered by Rebecca T. English tutor
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How to find the nth term of a quadratic sequence?

Find the difference between each term in the sequence. Then find the second difference, i.e. the difference between each of the primary differences. Divide this by 2, to give you the coefficient of n^2. Now ...
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Answered by Sawan K. Maths tutor
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What exactly causes the sounds heard by a stethoscope

There are 2 sounds heard by a stethoscope, the so called 'lub dub'. The lub being the closing of the atrioventricular valves (i.e. the valves between the atria and the ventricles). This is caused by an incre...
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Answered by John L. Biology tutor
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Give the possible values of x when x^2 - 5x + 4 = 0

First, when faced with a question like this you must factorise the expression. So we need to factorise x 2 -5x+4 into 2 linear parts. (Linear terms are terms without any powers of x). To do this, we need to ...
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Answered by Sam D. Maths tutor
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