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    Permutations and Combinations Help!

    My working is: (P) George and girlfriend both not in: 4C2 x 6C3 = 120 all (P): 5C2 x 7C3 = 350 (P) George and girlfriend not in = (P) George and girlfriend not in / all (P) = 120/350 = 12/35 Your error was saying 6C2 (instead of 6C3) for the number of combinations in which the...
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    Is it suicide to do both Extension 2 courses (Eng + Maths)?

    If you managed to get all band 6's/E4's then that wouldn't be suicide at all. It would be like a Godsend.
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    Term 3 Goals

    I'm just not sure if you mean =3rd in a particular subject or third overall in your year group (taking into account all subjects)... :confused: YAY! 1000th POST!!
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    Term 3 Goals

    Do you mean equal third for overall dux?
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    Falling asleep in class

    Sleeping in class works a charm when you are watching a movie about the history of the Catholic Church.
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    Chem syllabus question

    We had to use play-dough and cocktail sticks to contruct each of the models of: > a named ionic lattice (e.g. sodium chloride) > a named covalent molecule (e.g. water) > a named covalent (network) lattice (e.g. diamond) > a named metal (e.g. iron) So for the ionic lattice I used a ball and...
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    Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides for Preliminary HSC?

    Re: Recommended Texbooks/Study Guides? Success One HSC Mathematics - Past Papers Success One HSC Mathematics Extension 1 - Past Papers Excel 3 unit maths HSC Exam Questions and Solutions These 3 texts are not published anymore I don't think but they have Past HSC papers and I think they...
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    are you dropping

    If you go well at all 10 units it's definitely worth doing it.
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    Any particular 'good luck charms' that you do before important days?

    Luck probably doesn't exist. It's just that it seems to exist as a result of coincidences, but then again, maybe coincidences don't exist either. :confused:
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    Term 3 Goals

    I am aiming for top 3 or better. :( I have high expectations of myself.
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    Chem syllabus question

    number of moles of substance (e.g. element, compound) = (mass of substance)/(relative atomic mass of subtance)
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    Polynomial Questions

    Wow.
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    English is a waste of life.

    Re: Anyone else hate English as much as me? You used grammar, question, ellipsis, capitalisation, syntax, spelling, the English language, nouns, verbs and adjectives to contruct your post so I believe the language skills developed in English are absolutely paramount.
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    Chem syllabus question

    Aristotle stated that all matter was made up of four elements: Earth, wind, water and fire. (I think, this of off the top of my head) According to Chemistry Contexts: Lavoisier published a table of 33 elements. Dobereiner reported that several groups, each containing three elements...
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    Help - Mark my speech!

    Very well written. I've just put a few of my thoughts in there. In bold are words I have added in and I have taken out words I thought weren't needed. Not sure if I've done that good a job though since I haven't read or seen any of the texts in this speech.
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    allegory

    More information about the context of the allegory is needed. Is it for English Area of Study - what area of study are you doing? If you are doing identity I have an okay idea posted below. You could go out there and have robots being produced at a factory. Have it so the robots are...
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    Term 3 Goals

    It's true. Exams can be fun... It's just people have a common misconception that exams = death. There's nothing like the feeling of coming out of an exam feeling like you've absolutely destroyed it; ripped it to shreds (i.e. went really, really well). Obviously it doesn't happen that much but...
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    Term 3 Goals

    same here, I also enjoy music performance exams :)
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    Polynomial Questions

    Would saying the co-efficient of the x2 being 0 be correct?
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    Circle question

    In the parabola, the coordinates of C are (0, 1) and the coordinates of the vertex (V) are (2, -3). I hope... :uhoh: Working: for coordinates of C C is y-intercept therefore y-value (constant term from equation) is 1 and x-value is 0, thus (0, 1). Working: for coordinates of vertex From...
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