• ATH

CAN ANYONE HAS ENOUGH POWER TO SOLVE THIS QUESTION ?? TRY —–:A CUBICAL CAKE IS CUT…

The answer should be B)448. Let the original cube measure 7 units along a side. (1) The initial cuts along the edges create 343 cubes of edge length 1. (2) The diagonal cuts (Assuming they are…

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• MATH

A triangular plot is made by the intersection of x + 2y = 3, 3x – y = 1 and x + y = 0. What is…

The points at which the given lines intersect to form the triangle can be determined by solving each system of simultaneous equations. x + 2y = 3 …(1) 3x – y = 1 …(2) Substituting x = 3 – 2y in…

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• TEACHERS

idiomHow the idioms ” to kill the clock” can be defined?

In football and basketball, to “kill the clock” means to stop the game clock. Both sports use a clock for time limits (for each quarter or half). As time is running out before the end of a period,…

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• BUSINESS

RANDOM QUESTIONSExplain why stock prices fall when a company is found to be carrying out…

You might want to consider asking these questions separately so they can be answered more fully. As there are so many questions, I will address the second question only.Stock prices are supposed…

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• ECONOMICS

economicswhat is the difference between legal and illegal immigration?

These are all very different questions and should probably be posted separately so they can be answered more fully. I will address the last question.Legal immigration is where a citizen of another…

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• REFERENCE

communicationYou work for a local car dealership, and have been asked by your chamber of commerce…

Knowing your audience is key in any speech or written presentation. If your audience is made up of wealthier citizens, you would want to discuss purchasing higher priced cars. If your audience is…

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• MATH

Why can’t the square root of a negative number be found? How do mathematicians deal with this…

The square root of a number A is another number B such that B2=B×B=AB2=B×B=A If A were a negative number, there is no real value of B for which B2=AB2=A . This is due to the fact that the…

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• REFERENCE

Arranging Porcelain Dolls for DisplayDoes any one collect porcelain dolls? I have just purchased…

It’s been a long time since I had any dolls on display, but I do have a few ideas. Out of the box, the dolls dresses can be fairly wrinkled and flat. A good steamer can really help smooth and…

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• HAMLET

What does “You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops;” mean?

This play on words that Hamlet utters to Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern (IIIii, ll. 364-5) shows that he is not fooled by their false friendship. The whole speech is a musical metaphor;”pluck”…

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• LORD OF THE FLIES

What items can be used to represent Jack? (I need items that are not obvious like a knife but…

The first suggestion might be something representative of Jack as a bully. Iron knuckles or some other type of weapon/implement that could be used to intimidate others and force them into…

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• MACBETH

In Act 1, Scene 2, what does the sergeant specifically report about Macbeth? What does this news…

He reports that Macbeth is a worthy soldier, both courageous and honourable. He can carve a man from “nave to chaps” (belly to head, essentially) with no guilt or hesitation, much less a handshake…

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• HISTORY

In history, how does the present affect the past?

Obviously, the present cannot actually change what has already happened. However, the present can change how we think about what happened in the past and what we write about the past in history…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What are the major differences between quantitative and qualitative research studies in the…

The most important difference between these two is that quantitative research tries to build mathematical models using numerical data while qualitative research is based on broader questions and on…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What are the challenges of research design in the social sciences?

Perhaps the greatest challenge in social sciences research design is the difficulty of measuring the impact of the independent variable that you are trying to study. The social sciences look at…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

Is science and technology really responsible for what has happened to humanity?How has science…

I think it depends on how you view science. I personally think science enhances my belief in God. I just can’t image that we happened this way by chance. Surely God created us to be this way….

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• THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

In chapter 22 of Huck Finn how does the chapter create a mild amount of suspense, leaving the…

The king and the duke’s presentation of scenes from Shakespeare was not well received. Crowds of people had first attended the circus and were amazed by the beauty of the performers and the agility…

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• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

how do I Analyze the use and function of social conventions in “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

In the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde’s primary goal is to break with the social conventions of Victorian society and expose them for what they really are: Trivial, superficial,…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Why doesn’t Atticus bring a chair for the man in the corner?In the last chapters of the book…

The man in the corner has just rescued Jem and carried him home. Atticus knows he is there. “By the time I reached the corner, the man was crossing our front yard. Light from our front door…

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• HARRISON BERGERON

Is American society today heading the same direction that it does in “Harrison Bergeron”?Could…

Published in 1961, Vonnegut’s satirical short story “Harrison Bergeron” reflects the concerns of America at that time. Here is the Historical Context commentary from enotes: Vonnegut recognized…

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

Who are the protagonist and antagonist of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ?

The protagonist of a literary work is the character that the story revolves around. It is the character that the author focuses on the most. The play Romeo and Juliet seems to focus on both Romeo…

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• HISTORY

What event brought the Northern Securities Co vs. U.S. case to the Supreme Court?

There was not really one event that brought this case to the Supreme Court. Instead, the case came to the Court because of the general trend of the time, which was towards more government…

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• MATH

Assuming these percentages remain valid over a long period of time, what is each company’s…

The percentage of customers each company loses to the others is given. Each year, GTT loses 10% of its customers to NCJ and 5% to Dash, NCJ loses 10% of its customers to GTT and 20% to Dash and…

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• THE TEMPEST

Can you list a few characters that have developed for the better in Shakespeare’s plays?

In many of Shakespeare’s tragedies, the protagonists have what are known as “tragic flaws” which are personality traits or patterns of behavior that prevent the character from acting in their own…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

What is the significance of the threesome not waiting for Gatsby in Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby?

In Chapter VI, Tom and two other people arrive outside Gatsby’s house on horseback. They are out for a ride and later will be attending a dinner party together. Gatsby is nervous to have Tom at…

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• JULIUS CAESAR

Explain the reasons that Brutus gives for murdering Caesar.

Marc Antony stands over the body of Marcus Brutus and states: Only Brutus killed Caesar for the good or Rome. He is the only one who stayed true to himself. This was a man. In William…

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• FREAK THE MIGHTY

What is the exposition in Freak The Mighty?

A very basic storyline typically contains four main segments: the exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. Short stories are the easiest to analyze for one or more of these parts, but…

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• THE TEMPEST

What are the main family relationships affecting Miranda and Ferdinand in “The Tempest”?Original…

Prospero—legitimate Duke of Milan, because he is the older of the two brothers. Antonio, his younger brother, has usurped his position. Miranda is Prospero’s daughter.Miranda—daughter of…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How does Dill react to this part of the trial in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird? Why is this,…

Dill becomes very upset at the prosecutor’s treatment of Tom Robinson during his cross-examination in Chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird. Horace Gilmer repeatedly refers to Tom as “boy” and speaks…

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• BEOWULF

What happens in the storyI am intriqued by the great writing of Beowulf for having being written…

Beowulf was probably written down 800 years or more earlier than you have indicated. The basic plot of this epic poem involves the efforts of the hero, Beowulf, to defeat three different monsters:…

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• THE BASIC TRAINING OF PAVLO HUMMEL

Is The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel an anti-war play or a play with the war just used as a…

This is a very pertinent question to ask about this text, as it is very possible to argue that it is both an anti-war play as well as a psychological example of maladaption. Let us first think…

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• MATH

Prove the identity tan(x/2)(2cotx + tan(x/2)) = 1

The identity that we have to prove is tan(x/2)(2cotx + tan(x/2)) = 1 tan(x/2)(2*cot x + tan(x/2)) = 1 => tan(x/2)(2*cot(2*(x/2)) + tan(x/2)) = 1 => tan(x/2)(2/tan(2*(x/2)) + tan(x/2)) = 1…

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• THE JOY LUCK CLUB

Identify the theme of the chapter entitled, “The Moon Lady” in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.

There are several themes in Amy Tan’s chapter entitled “The Moon Lady,” from The Joy Luck Club. The overall theme seems to relate to finding one’s place in the world. The speaker in this chapter is…

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• THE JOY LUCK CLUB

In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, what are some themes, tones, and narrative styles of the…

In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, the chapter titled “The Red Candle” is narrated by Lindo Jong. Some of the themes, tones, and narrative styles of the chapter might be described as…

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• THE JOY LUCK CLUB

In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, what are some themes, tones, and narrative styles of the…

In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, the chapter titled “Scar” is narrated by An-Mei Hsu. Some of the themes, tones, and narrative styles of the chapter might be described as follows:…

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• OF MICE AND MEN

Was the death of Curley’s wife inevitable?list any examples foreshadowing her death

In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the author has been preparing us for the death of Curley’s wife since the beginning of the novel. The trouble that George and Lennie had in Weed, where Lennie…

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• THE ODYSSEY

In Robert Fagles’ translation of Odyssey 22, why are the suitors’ spears unable to find their…

In Book 22 of Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus’ beggar disguise has fallen away and he has been revealed as the mighty hero. With the help of his son and a few trusty servants, he begins to battle against…

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

What are some similes and metaphors in Act 2 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

Both similes and metaphors are types of analogies. An analogy is a comparison between two things to show their similarities or relationship. Similes are the easiest type of analogies to spot…

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• MACBETH

What is a summary of act one of macbeth?

The play begins in an empty section of Scotland where three witches meet. They discuss Macbeth and plan to meet again later. In the next scene, King Duncan is told about the heroic deeds of…

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• FRANKENSTEIN

What is apassage from Frankensteinby Mary Shelley that portrays personification?

The literary technique of personification is sparsely used in Shelley’s Frankenstein. I might speculate that this is to underscore the rational qualities that seem to both lead to the creature’s…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How do the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird respect their neighbors and their individulaity?

Not all of them do. Miss Stephanie gossips about everyone in town, and Aunt Alexandra is nearly as bad. But Atticus has tried to teach Jem and Scout to respect their neighbors and their privacy….

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• SCIENCE

What factors hinder the yield of a product to be close to 100 percent?

As a working chemist who does chemical reactions everyday, I can tell you from experience that there are several reasons why a reaction’s percent yield can be lowered. First of all, the percent…

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• BUSINESS

Pick one product or service. What are the products and/or service, and who do you think they are…

All products or services are directed towards a certain group. In other words, advertisers have a certain demographic in mind when they market a product. Let me give you an example. A few years…

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• SCIENCE

In order to have a good harvest, farmers tend to use excess of fertilizers for their crops….

Farmers use fertilizers to provide nutrients to the crops that are being grown. With the repeated growth of crops on the same land, and not enough time left between the cropping cycles, the soil…

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• BUSINESS

Explain macro environment forces and how companies have identified and capitalized on…

This a great question. To know the macro environment or even the macroeconomic picture is essential for any business to thrive. The best place to start is with a definition of macro environment….

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• SCIENCE

If the limiting reactant in a certain chemical equation is impure, how will this affect the…

For a reaction A + B –> C + D, let the limiting reactant be A and the excess reactant be B. The amount of B that reacts is dependent solely on the amount of A that is available to take part in…

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• HISTORY

Why did communism seem to pose a threat to capitalist nations?

Communism seemed to pose a threat to capitalist nations for two main reasons. First, communist ideology held that communism would eventually take over the whole world and that communist countries…

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• BUSINESS

Should manufacturers see private labels as a source of new revenue or should they always avoid…

From an ethical point of view, I see no problem with this. As long as the major labels are adhering to rules about food quality and safety, there is no problem with this. There does not seem to…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What cultural factors have affected the boundaries of what used to be known as Yugoslavia?

The most important cultural factors that have affected these boundaries have been religion and ethnicity. Yugoslavia broke up into smaller nations that are based largely on these factors. The best…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

do you think immigration should be limited or that any limits should be lifted – why?Who do you…

What do you think? this question shouldn’t be asked here. You will be reported, for violating the system.

• HISTORY

What role did Gorbachev’s attempted reforms play in the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Although historians dispute this issue to some extent, I would argue that Gorbachev’s attempts at reform played an important role in the collapse of the USSR. Specifically, these reforms loosened…

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