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    Class XI Chapter 6 – Linear Inequalities Maths Compiled By : OP Gupta [+91-9650 350 480 | +91-9718 240 480] Exercise 6.1 Question 1: Solve 24x < 100‚ when (i) x is a natural number (ii) x is an integer Answer The given inequality is 24x < 100. (i) It is evident that 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4 are the only natural numbers less than . Thus‚ when x is a natural number‚ the solutions of the given inequality are 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4. Hence‚ in this case‚ the solution set is {1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4}. (ii)

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    Asses the functionalist role of education in society The role of education is to educate individuals within society and to prepare them for working life in the economy‚ also to integrate individuals and teach them the norms‚ values and roles within society. There are many different sociological theories that differ within the role of education within society that attempt to try and explain how society or aspects of society work together. There are several perspectives on the sociology of education

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    are the key beliefs of structural functionalists? Structural functionalist is a macro and mid-level analysis. The key beliefs roots on how society have different parts that are connected and related with each other. For a society to work as a healthy and normal nation‚ every function should do their designed duty with harmony. It’s like a domino effect‚ if one structure fell it’s going to affect everything. 7. Structural functionalist discuss three types of functions. What are they? Explain

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    begging at the street corner. As a result we view deviance as something that should be removed from society and once society becomes free of deviance‚ it becomes healthy and close to perfect. According to Aggleton (1987: 7)‚ “deviance could be defined as behaviour which violates certain widely shared expectations or norms.” The problem with such a definition however is that norms vary from society to society despite the fact that globalisation has moved the world towards a single homogeneous culture‚ based

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    It looks at why society functions the way is does by analyzing the relationships between social institutions that make up society. The idea of roles‚ norms and social systems are all central to the theory of structural functionalism. Parsons‚ one of the main contributor to structural functionalism‚ said that individuals hold expectations‚ both for their own and others actions. These expectations develop

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    Poverty and Income inequality affects our relationship with other people from a different race. Any conversation of collective class and flexibility would be inadequate without having a discussion of poverty and income inequality. According to Dr. Larry Griffin‚ a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: In 2005-06- “13% of white Mississippians were poor (national average is 12%) and 43% of black Mississippians are poor (national average is 33%)”. Although‚ other estimations of poverty

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    Describe functionalist and Marxist perspective on education. Functionalist Education can be described as the method whereby society continually passes on the knowledge it has gain from pass generations to the next or future generation. It is centered around and entails the teaching of the three R’s‚ which includes: arithmetic’s‚ reading and writing but also encompass social‚ spiritual‚ moral and physical component. It is viewed as a secondary agent of socialization as it socializes individuals

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    Standard of Living 3. Distribution of Income and Wealth 4. Types of Poverty 5. Causes of Poverty 6. Effects of Poverty 7. Possible Solutions to Poverty 8. Ethical considerations Key Terms Absolute Poverty: Those with incomes lower than the level needed for necessities. Relative Poverty: Those on low incomes relative to the country’s average. GDP: Total value of goods and services

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    Mohammad Hasan Pol 51‚ Section 08 (4045) Pof. Steffy 12.15.2014 Economic Inequality: A Threat to Democracy? The gap between the rich and the rest has been much wider in the United States than in other developed nations for decades. The United States of America has known for a land of opportunities. Everyone wants to achieve the “American Dream” which defines economic success. But we can see the uneven distribution by comparing one of the wealthiest men in America‚ Bill Gates‚ who makes over $50

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    Intro to Sociology Olatunde Merriman-Johnson 10/3/12 Economic Inequality The current level of economic inequality can be in fact considered acceptable. The word acceptable by definition is to be cable or worthy of being accepted; pleasing‚ satisfying‚ or agreeable by the receiver. And in that case‚ someone who is on the beneficial side of the inequality usually doesn’t have a problem with it. For example‚ if there was a rule that said all football players can skip the lunch line‚ majority

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