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    Vice chancellors week?

    what is this exactly? Is it like an extra week of holidays in the middle of the semester which coincides with school holidays? and do other universities also have it?
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    James Ruse 2003 2u Trial - q10

    Does anyone know how to do Q 10)d) of this paper? The solutions are not provided (Link to the paper). It seems like a very hard question - anyone?
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    Success One's solution incorrect?

    For the 1984 Mathematics HSC Question 9) b) "The point P(x,y) is equidistant from the lines y=3 3x+4y-18=0, and lies in the shaded region of the diagram. Find the equation of the locus of P" The anwer given by the Success One book's is y = -x/3 + 11/3. I got the answer y = -3x/8 + 30/8...
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    'Range of readings' in Hamlet & RAGAD

    In the syllabus it requires us to conduct an "analysis of the content, values and attitudes conveyed through a range of readings" Does anyone know what this "range of readings" refers to? Is it like different interpretations - for BOTH texts? And if so, what are they?
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    Feasability

    Can somebody confirm what operational feasability is, because different textbooks have different opinions on it. also, what Sam Davis' book says is totally different to what is said on the New HSC Online site.
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    Exemplar responses to essays

    Does anyone have the exemplar responses to the essay questions for last year's HSC paper? I couldn't find any in the eco section of this site and don't know any other place where I can get them from.....
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    HSC question - e

    (i) Evaluate the integral of 1/x from 1 to 2 (ii) Use Simpson's rule with 3 function values to approximate the above integral. (iii) Use your results to parts (i) and (ii) to obtain an approximation for e. Give your answer correct to 3 decimal places. I can do parts (i) and (ii), but...
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    dot point - help!

    I'm stuck on this dot point in I2I - superconductors. Help would be appreciated. "Describe the occurence in superconductors below their critical temperature of a population of electron pairs unaffected by electrical resistance" What's there to describe?
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    Photoelectric effect and semiconductors

    How did the discovery of the photoelectric effect lead to the discovery of semiconductors?
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    Economics and its flaws

    Is it just me, or is economics a really cynical subject?
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    Studying for english

    This is a question which has been hanging at the back of my mind for a long time now: How are you supposed to study for english? Do you make notes like other subjects? but then on what? there aren't any dot points which tell you exactly what you need to study. Do you just write...
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    TNC's and Australia

    I've been trying to find info on the impact of globalisation on Australia - in terms of internation convergence, eco growth, development and quality of life........etc. (as layed out in the syllabus) but i couldn't really find any solid info about how globalisation has affected TNC's in...
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    Exchange Rates

    One of the supposed advantages of a fixed exchange rate is that you (a country with a fixed exchange rate) can conduct similar monetary policy to the country that you have pegged your currency to. Can anyone explain why this is the case? Also (this is straight out of Tim Riley's book, pg...
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    Integration

    Which one is the answer to the indefinite integral of d(x^3)/dx (i.e. the integration of the differentiation of x cubed): 1) x^3 +C 2) x^3 I thought it was 2), since you already know the initial 'y' value, and so by integrating it's derivative, there is really no unknown. But my...
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    Pracs

    Does anyone have their HSC prac papers, or remember what they had to do? I mean the big prac, which goes toward the HSC assessment. Because, i really stuffed up in the prelim one, and was wondering if anyone had any others just to be at least a little prepared. Thanks
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    Question.....

    How does low productivity lead to low per capita income?
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    Cad

    Does anyone know the reason why a CAD is generally seen to lead to a depreciation and why a CAS is generally seen to lead to an appreciation in the dollar? Note: I know why an increase in the CAD or a reduction in the CAS leads to a depreciation and why a reduction in the CAD or an increase...
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    can someone do this question......

    questions...... I need clarification on a number of questions, which I have found, and for which answers are not given. 1)The electron beam in a TV picture tybe can move across the screen faster than the speed of light. Why does this not violate the special theory of relativity? 2)Light...
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    Is this stuff really all not in the syllabus.......

    I was looking through the syllabus (the new one, for 2003) and i have a feeling that the whole of chapter 4 in the jacaranda book is not included - i.e. we can't be tested on it coz it ain't in the syllabus. Is this right? Or is there some part of the syllabus i missed?
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    What does " | " mean/stand for?

    I saw it in a book. It was used like 5|m, 5|m<sup>3</sup> and such. Does anyone know what it means/stands for???
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