Question 1-CXC Past Paper Questions: 1989-2011 May 1989 (a) Find the exact value of (4⅘÷2⅔)- (1⅓) 2 (5 marks)(b) Write your answer to part (a) as a decimal correct to 2 significant figures. (2marks)(c) A sum of money is to be divided among A‚B‚ AND C in the ratio of 2:3:5. Thelargest share amounts to $1200.Calculate: (i) the total sum of money to be shared(ii) A’s share(iii) the percentage of the total amount that Breceives (5 marks) May 1990 Calculators‚ slide rules and mathematical tables
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The early parts of the Industrial Revolution played a huge role in transforming American society. During this time‚ Americans set the standard for what was going to be the future of the United States. There are a multitude of ideas that could be understood as ideas that transformed American society‚ but in my mind there are five ideas that developed the United States into the country we are today more than all of the rest. Primarily‚ the change in agricultural output led to the change in the need
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Computer Lab or Computers in the Classroom Everyone lives in a society dependent on technology at work‚ home‚ and school‚ but students are not able to access this technology on a continuous basis. Computers are significant to education because they make us reconsider how students learn‚ how they are inspired‚ and what useful information is. Classroom with computers have become an important part of the curriculum and need to be used daily. Phasing out computer labs and putting computers right in
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Media Impact on Pop Culture Popular culture has had many influences from the current society. As times change and attitudes also change so does pop culture. Some influences include fashion‚ music‚ art‚ television‚ and movies. Television became popular in the 1950’s. People were anxious to buy a television set for their homes. At first‚ the programs were carried over from the days of radio. For example‚ the format of The George Burns Show was very similar to the format used on the radio. Only
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The Positive Impact of Civil Disobedience One way through which the society is impacted is civil disobedience. This act of opposing a law that one consider unjust can either positively or negatively impact a free society. Since the liberalization of most regions and country in the world‚ civil disobedience has been a key weapon in showing displeasure of unjust laws and it is remarkable that it has achieved more than it has destroyed. To a large extent‚ it is through civil disobedience that the
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Back in the old western times of the south‚ Wyatt Earp was a legend amongst men and outlaws. He was a famous law enforcer and frontier man. Wyatt Earp was born March 19‚ 1848 and died January 13‚ 1929. Wyatt died at the age of 81 with his wife and no kids. He worked for the law and helped tame the wild cowboy culture that pervaded the frontier. In Tombstone‚ Arizona‚ Wyatt got into a feud with a local rancher that resulted in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral‚ perhaps the most famous gunfight in
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Tim1096 writes "The impact they have on society was that they delivere things faster‚ they shelter us from nature when we need to go to places‚ and they let us get to places we want quickly." These things are true‚ but it disregards a whole side of the issue. Cars are convenient‚ but the have a large cost to society as a whole. Economic: The majority of cities and counties spend more money on road infrastructure than they receive from gasoline taxes‚ vehicle registration fees‚ or other
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The purpose of this essay is to prove that Cold War had an enormous impact on society and institutions of US. This effect will be demonstrated on the basis of a few examples. First of all‚ I must mention Central Intelligence Agency which was created in 1947. CIA frequently support anticommunists in Europe inter alia in Greece. They attempt to deliver weapons and ammunition for fighters against socialists in the civil war. CIA tried also to uncover KGB activities in the USA. In the 50s agency had
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The Industrial Revolution paved the way for innovation today. It helped to shape the ideas of the modern world on how technologies have impacted society. Without most of these inventions‚ the world would not be the same. While the invention of the cotton gin and telephone were both immensely impactful‚ this one proved to be just a step ahead in the category of revolutionary. In 1793‚ the American inventor Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. This was a machine that automated and sped up the process
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Einstein’s life and work‚ he was continually put through to constant observation and even persecution‚ because of WWII and Einstein’s home country of Germany. Albert Einstein had a very hard life but also had a lot of accomplishments and a great impact on society. (Albert Einstein: A Revolutionary…) Albert Einstein was born on March 14 1879 at Ulm‚ in Württemberg Germany. Alberts parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein. Albert Einstein grew up in a Jewish family. His father‚ Hermann Einstein
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