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What is a sonnet?

Hstorical context: Sonnets (meaning 'little song') are love poems which have a very particular form that was popularised by Dante and Petrarch in Italy in the 1300s. The particular poetic form was brought ov...
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What is meant by mens rea and actus reus in criminal law?

Guilty mind versus guilty act. criminal law is the main area of law which carries the risk of the offender to have one of their main human rights curtailed -- their right to freedom, by putting the offender ...
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Answered by Jakub Z. • Law tutor
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Let y be a function of x such that y=x^3 + (3/2)x^2-6x and y = f(x) . Find the coordinates of the stationary points .

y = x 3 + 1.5x 2 -6x Hence, dy/dx = 3x 2 + 3x - 6 Solve to find x when dy/dx = 0 as gradient is zero at stationary points Substitute the vaules for x back into y to find y coordinates of the stationary point...
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Two forces P and Q act on a particle. The force P has magnitude 7 N and acts due north. The resultant of P and Q is a force of magnitude 10 N acting in a direction with bearing 120°. Find the magnitude of Q and the bearing of Q.

There are 2 methods to solving this- the visual method and the kinesthetic method. Here I will use the visual one. We start by creating a vector triangle. We are going to use R = P + Q, where R is the result...
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How does Elizabeth Bishop create a tone that is both serious and amusing in One Art?

In this poem, Bishop's use of language creates a tongue-in-cheek appraisal of lost love, time and chances. The beginning of the second stanza mimicks the tone of a self help guide, turning to address the rea...
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