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    Libya to be ruled under Sharia law

    generally speaking, when dictators in the middle ease are toppled, islamic fundamentalist elements take hold, there being no unified "rebel" force (they are almost always disorganised in any revolution). that is why dictators who can maintain order are usually better than a false notion of...
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    Hardest Projectile Motion Question

    both the one's im thinking of are very recent (post2002) cant describe them though
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    [REQUEST] 1998 2U James Ruse Trial Worked Solutions OR Help me with my question

    can anyone do this... or can someone with maths experience please confirm the solutions are simply wrong
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    Help! Someone please explain the solutions to this question

    thanks, just want to confirm, is summation also an appropriate method?
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    Hardest HSC Advanced Mathematics Exam in the last 10 years?

    theres no snow plough question in 2003, snow plough is sometime before 2001
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    Help! Someone please explain the solutions to this question

    Yes and no. I got the correct year but my R = 4.2 not 4.97, i don't know if that's just because I used a different technique, or because my/their technique is wrong. Anyway, what does the integral mean in this situation?... ie while I *may* have done it correctly, what is the logic behind their...
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    Help! Someone please explain the solutions to this question

    Question: Q9biii) http://www.mediafire.com/?8dmwuzsowuntoo0 Solution: Q9biii) http://www.mediafire.com/?xuxrvbqdr3kbbbv I dont understand why they used integration. I used the sum of a GP. Someone please get back to me before exam on Monday!
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    Help! probability 2U question

    P(at least 1 working) = 1 - P(none working) = 1 - 0.4^n Let P = 0.99 1 - 0.4^n = 0.99 Solve for n n = 5.03 So there needs to be at least 6 connections
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    [REQUEST] 1998 2U James Ruse Trial Worked Solutions OR Help me with my question

    this doesn't make sense to me, how on earth do you get five GR's in the last line!
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    [REQUEST] 1998 2U James Ruse Trial Worked Solutions OR Help me with my question

    Can someone please post up the worked solution to this paper, or help me with the following question: Q2cii) A box contains 4 red and 3 green apples. Peter took 2 apples at random. If it is known that at least one of the apples is red, find the probability that they are both red. Answer: 6/17...
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    2010 HSC Exam

    is it just me, but was the last question, last part hard compared to other years? cos everyone says "oh 2010 was easy!"
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    Is extension 1 maths marked out of 50?

    in year 12: out of 50 if u dont do 4u out of 100 if u do 4u
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    Trends in HSC Mathematics Papers

    it was 2003: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/27/1067233102222.html
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    "Scammer" among us

    "Scammer" among us #2 "Hello all, just want to give everybody a friendly heads up to watch out for the member the goes by the name "Mandy", username MadGold777. Please do not exchange any of your notes with her/him. I fell into this trap, where she/he asked to exchange notes, sent all my...
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    Am I able to apply for Mathematics Extension 1 in Year 12?

    maybe if ur school has a 2u in yr11 acceleration program, that would mean that only/mainly 2u content is studied in yr 11 (probs almost the whole 2u course). then it would be easy to switch, but not too many schools are like that
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    Trends in HSC Mathematics Papers

    I guess this is kind of related to the previous thread: "Hardest HSC Advanced Mathematics Exam in the last 10 years?" Except this thread centres around all years (roughly) post-2001
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    Trends in HSC Mathematics Papers

    I was wondering: Are there any trends that have been occuring in the last few years to be aware of? I'm considering things like: paper length, difficulty of paper (and various sections of the paper, esp. Q10), topics in various sections of paper (esp. Q10). And what impact may these trends...
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    The sum and product of roots

    it's a year 11 topic in the syllabus (hence in yr 11 textbook), hsc maths exams test both yr11 and 12 syllabus topics
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    Probability using binomial identities

    so basically there are no available questions similar to those two past hsc questions? that example u quoted was p&c not binomial. or might there also be some of what im looking for in that book? thanks
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    Probability using binomial identities

    when doing past hsc papers, of the few questions had trouble with were questions such as last year's hsc paper Q7c, and to a lesser extent 2001 hsc paper Q5c (more straight forward than last year's). Does anyone know where I can find additional examples of such questions as these two are the...
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