Algebra: Challenging problems The following questions are taken from an article written by Tom M. Giambrone‚ from Indiana University Pennsylvania. 1. Omar the Rope Maker decided to make a rope long enough to stretch around the Earth (the circumference of which is 40000 kilometers). Having completed the task‚ he discovered that he had actually made the rope 12 metres too long. Now wanting to cut the rope (it was somewhat of a record length)‚ he decided to put the ends of the rope together and
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Vinegar Tom: More Than Just a History Play Oppression takes many forms in society; Capitalism over the working class‚ patriarchal communities over the women in them and in some cases even women over women. Caryl Churchill has explored such issues in her works mainly pertaining to the position of women in male-dominated societies. In fact‚ her works utilize various plot structures to harness support for the improvement of the position of women in society while some attempt to illustrate women’s
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THBT that the internet brings more harm than good. Examples of harm: 1. Pornography - a lot of rapists and sexual offenders start off with pornography 2. Horror - screamers and horror movies‚ that traumatize people‚ especially children 3. Violence and gore - movies that contain excessive amounts of violence and gore 4. cyber bullying - social networks or blogs flaming or flaming through gaming 5. leaking personal information accidentally through social networks 6. false information -
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eradicate small pox and protect our children from other horrible diseases which used to kill hundreds of children every year. There are people who believe that vaccines are in reality harmful and refuse to vaccinate their children. Others refuse to vaccinate due to a religious belief. This is a dangerous trend that is driven by conspiracy theories and false data‚ has lead to out breaks of easily preventable diseases‚ and endangers the people who cannot be vaccinated for other health reasons. Every child
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‘Other People’s Children’ by Jonathan Kozol In his writing about the ‘Other People’s Children’‚ Jonathan describes the views that people gives to those children who study in the abandoned schools that they view as educationally inferior. He discloses the argument from many who consider these children not to qualify for any post high school education. Therefore‚ the only solution for these inner-city school children is to acquire training for low-level jobs that they will eventually do. They are not
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Business 1. Cybersecurity 2. E-business 3. Ethics 4. Glass ceiling 5. Online retail 6. Outsourcing 7. Sweatshops 8. White collar crime Crime and Law 9. Acquaintance rape 10. Animal rights 11. Assisted suicide 12. Campus violence 13. Capital punishment 14. Civil rights 15. Drinking age‚ legal 16. Drug legalization 17. Gun control 18. Hate crimes 19. Insanity defense 20. Mandatory Minimum sentencing 21. Patriot Act 22. Police brutality 23. Prisons and prisoners 24. Roe vs.
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Our history has been based on a strong democratic sense of characterization. As a people‚ our forefathers have worshiped the great Athena; the goddess of justice and wisdom in hopes that she would lend her grace to the state. This grace has allowed for the prosperity and affluence Athens now has. Pride in our polis’s history has developed a unique collective identity‚ ideals were placed in the system that allowed the advances of its citizens. To protect these ideals‚ it is with great lengths that
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Large schools are being built all over our country‚ but are large schools more effective than small schools? Although it has been said that small schools are better for students‚ the truth is that larger schools are a lot more effective because of opportunity and diversity. Larger schools can offer a very wide range of opportunities to their students. A high school in Illinois has "an enrollment of 3‚1oo students and a budget of $67 million"‚ allowing students to explore their intrest freely (Myers
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African American culture been literally dragged through the deep‚ darkness of ethnic hostility in early American history.In March ‚ 1965‚ the United States celebrates the Selma-to-Montgomery ‚ the citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade‚ to celebrate the shared history of the civil rights movement and our nation’s continued progress towards racial equality.Yet decades later‚ a broken criminal-justice system has demonstrated that we still have a long way to go in
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good jobs‚ no good life. On the other hand‚ if they see their classmates get high mark‚ and they want that fame‚ too. So they do cheating as well. As a result they can get good marks but they cannot achieve a proper knowledge. Having no ability for doing the exams is the second reasons that cause some students do cheating. From one side‚ students don’t have their own self-confidences‚ some cannot do the exams because they are too difficult for them‚ and some students believe that they are not
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