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    Life on the Mississippi was an amusing movie long and detailed movie which covered the story of the steamboat pilots. This movie shows Twain starting out as a young boy that conned his way onto the Paul Jones‚ where Mr. Bixby the pilot‚ finally agrees to teach him the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis for a cost of five hundred dollars‚ paid out of his first wages as a pilot. Life on the Mississippi was written early in his career‚ about his time as a boy and man‚ as an apprentice and as

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    Linear Expansion

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    determine the linear expansion of the rod. II. Apparatus: Linear expansion apparatus‚ Brass & Aluminium rods‚ Thermometer‚ Electric heater‚ Steel tape‚ Boiler‚ Rubber hose‚ Extension cord‚ Screw driver. III. Sketch: IV. Data and Results Item Used | Symbol | Unit | Sample Used | | | | Brass | Aluminium | Initial length of Rod | LO | cm | 61cm | 60.8cm | Initial temperature of the Rod | TL | °C | 30°C | 30°C | Final temperature of Rod | TF | °C | 99°C | 99°C | Expansion of the Rod | ∆L

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    Binomial Expansion

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    THEOREM OBJECTIVES Recognize patterns in binomial expansions. Evaluate a binomial coefficient. Expand a binomial raised to a power. Find a particular term in a binomial expansion Understand the principle of mathematical induction. Prove statements using mathematical induction. Definition: BINOMIAL THEOREM Patterns in Binomial Expansions A number of patterns‚ as follows‚ begin to appear when we write the binomial expansion of a  b n‚ where n is a positive integer. a 

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    Territorial Expansion

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    Territorial Expansion Between 1800 and 1850‚ the United States was a nation extending in all possible ways. America experienced a amount change in national unity. Territorial expansion destroyed national unity. Between 1819 and 1824 is when the unified nation of America began to divide and depart from one another. Triggered by the concept of Manifest Destiny‚ people believed that America should extend from “sea to shining sea”. It was the issues of the expansion of slavery into the new territories

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    Colonial Expansions

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    COLONIAL EXPANSIONS AND RIVALRIES What is it? Colonialism expansion is where countries (such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany and Russia) settle on new land. They do this to expand their territories‚ and to use their resources for to benefit their empire. Rivalries between the empires are consequential. This is because many empires are involved in conflicts when attempting to regain new land. How did it contribute to the start of World War I? Imperialism was one of the causes of World War I.

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    Metal Expansion

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    Purpose: In this lab‚ we will heat up a metal rod and measure how much it expands. We will calculate its Coefficient of Linear Expansion‚ α‚ and prove the formula for thermal expansion‚ ΔL = αLiΔT. Also‚ we heat up a known volume of methyl alcohol and calculate its Coefficient of Volume Expansion‚ β‚ and prove the formula for volume expansion of a liquid ΔV = βViΔT. Equipment: Hollow Metal Rods of different metals‚ Steam Generator‚ Stand‚ Burner‚ Flexible Hoses‚ Motion Amplifier‚ Micrometer

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    European Expansion

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    The period from 1450 to 1650 is often referred to as the “Age of Discovery‚” an era of advances in geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman

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    Government Expansion

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    then exercised today. As time progressed‚ the role and influence of the federal government became more prominent. Examples of expansion in federal authority are evident in events surrounding the Civil War‚ Reconstruction‚ the Progressive Era‚ the Great Depression‚ and the Civil Rights Era. Identify and describe four (4) examples of U.S. federal government expansion of authority between the beginning of the U.S. Civil War and the end of the Civil Right Era. These examples must be placed

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    Thermal Expansion

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    Thermal Expansion happens a lot in everyday life. When something is heated and expands this is Thermal Expansion. The way Thermal Expansion works‚ is when it is heated the atoms expand‚ and then when it is cooled it shrinks. Several examples of Thermal Expansi Thermal Expansion happens a lot in everyday life. When something is heated and expands this is Thermal Expansion. The way Thermal Expansion works‚ is when it is heated the atoms expand‚ and then when it is cooled it shrinks. Several

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    International Expansion

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    partnerships that have experience in local markets will help to make international expansion possible. Identify a foreign market that you feel this company should enter next‚ and explain why it should enter that market and which of the strategies should be used. Explain the challenges from competition in the local market‚ and how the company might respond strategically to the competition. International Expansion The strategic partnerships which do not only have the knowledge to succeed in

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