Examples of Age word problems : 1. Six years ago Jun was 4 times as old as Joan.In four years‚ he would be twice as old as Joan. How old are they now? 6 years ago joan x jun 4x .. after 4 years joan x+10 Jun 4x+10 4x+10=2(x+10) 4x+10=2x+20 4x-2x=20-10 2x=10 x=5 joan 6 years ago. Now age = 11 Jun 4x‚ = 20‚ 6 years ago. Now age =26 years now 2. At present‚ Pedro’s age is 25percent of his father’s age.Twenty years from now Pedro’s age would be 50percent of his fathers age. How old
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Chapter 4: The World of Words "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." —Ludwig Wittgenstein When we think of communication‚ we often think about the language used to convey the message. Language and many of our nonverbal behaviors are symbolic. We need to keep in mind that across cultures‚ symbols do not always mean the same thing and can cause confusion or misunderstanding. The text offers the following example on page 95. "The arbitrary nature of language becomes obvious-sometimes
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teachers that mention non-standard English such as taboo words in their classroom. What are taboo words? Taboo words are“sanctioned or restricted on both institutional and individual levels under the assumption that some harm will occur if a taboo word is spoken. The exact nature of harm to befall the speaker‚ listener‚ or society has never been entirely clear” (Heins‚ 2007). We use taboo wordsto be emotionally expressive‚ but people use taboo words with their friends to show the depth of their relationship
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Activity #4 Essay "Truman was more responsible for the Cold War than Stalin was." President Truman was convinced from the beginning that Stalin intended to take over countries based solely by the fact that there were communist parties present in them. France‚ Italy and even China‚ are perfect examples of this. And in the Greek civil war it wasn’t the USSR that was giving aid to the communists‚ it was Yugoslavia. It was obvious that Stalin had no major plans for any kind of global communist
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Over such long periods of time‚ words become manipulated‚ many times to the point where the meaning changes entirely. This is the case with the word “ghetto.” The word ghetto can be traced all the way back into the 1500’s. This word has infiltrated itself into today’s society and culture seamlessly. However the current definition of the word is far from what the original definition was. Perhaps due to the connection that the word ghetto has with urban culture‚ the word has evolved over time to have
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Narrative Essay Her last words will live forever with me. The night before my grandmother died we said our last good-byes in hopes that she would rest in peace knowing that we loved her. I had known her for 35 years‚ and in those 35 years we had become extremely close. She was not only a grandmother to me but also a friend and a confidant. I feared the day that I would have to deal with the pain and the realization of losing her. Although I knew that day was coming‚ I didn’t want to let her
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Heya‚ I love sociology and my memory for all the information is great. The only thing which fails me is I cannot write an essay for my life! I know all the A01 and A02 but have no idea how to structure the essay for this... My problems are with both AS and A2. I am doing the same units (families‚ education‚ religion and crime) but with no idea how to write an essay I am gettign grades which don’t refelct my knowledge at all! Reply Maicccccmannnn’s Avatar Maicccccmannnn
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The Media and Its Responsibilities SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility The media has become a major factor of our times and the influence it has on people young and old. You would think that the world has enough influence all around them during their everyday lives and then we come home and turn on our televisions‚ pick up a newspaper‚ a magazine‚ or even the computer and it is all right there. Over the years the media has been more open and I believe that has
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Soli Gustafson Honors English Mr. A Lee Period 3 11/16/13 Major Essay: Compare and Contrast Pictures and Words Movies have long been struggling to capture a book in pictures and sound and have long been failing. So much more can be put into a few pages of a book than ten minutes of a movie‚ and books can be much longer without the author worrying about the reader losing interest. Anyone who has read and liked the book before going to see the movie will automatically find the book to be far
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Personal Responsibility Elizabeth Mwewa Gen/200 03/09/2013 Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility is important to one’s education success. This means been responsible and taking accountability towards one’s goals to achieve academic excellence. It requires commitment‚ integrity‚ and positive attitude to attain these goals as the results is pure joy. Ron Haskins‚ who is the co-director of Center on Children and Families‚ Budgeting for National Priorities‚ wrote an article entitled
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