1. Median - The middle number (in a sorted list of numbers) 2. Altitude - Generally: another word for height. For a triangle: a line at right angles to a side and going through the opposite corner. 3. Incenter - The center of a triangle's "incircle" ... it is where the "angle bisectors" (lines that split each corner's angle in half) meet. 4. Centroid - The "center of mass". 5. Orthocenter - The point where the three "altitudes" meet. An "altitude" is a line that goes through a vertex and is at
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Essay #2: Critical Response of an Image 15% of final grade 3-4 pages, double-spaced Far from being a passive mirror of society, advertising is an effective and pervasive medium of influence and persuasion, and its influence is cumulative, often subtle, and primarily unconscious [….] It is both creator and perpetuator of the dominant attitudes, values, and ideology of the culture, the social norms and myths by which most people govern their behavior. At the very least, advertising helps to create
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| Assignment #1 | Examining Characters in “Charlotte’s Web” | | Ashley Faulkner Student # c0160372Lambton College | 2/16/2012Word Count: 897 | | Every character in literature has a purpose or a reason why he or she is in the story. Often, characters are given the task of teaching a lesson or being symbolic of something. Two characters in “Charlotte’s Web”, Fern “Arable” and Mrs. Arable are two characters who are symbolic of their own themes: Inequality & Injustice vs. Power
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COMMAND WORDS IN ESSAY QUESTIONS (Sue Cole, an OU Associated lecturer, and Pauline Harris an OU Assistant Staff Tutor, offers the following explanations for the command words that you’re likely to find in essay questions.) Account for Analyse Assess Compare Contrast Explain, Clarify, Give reasons for Resolve into component parts. Examine critically or minutely Determine the value of, weigh up (see also evaluate). Look for similarities and differences between, perhaps reach conclusions about
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Imagine that you work in a group or department within a business organisation. Your group has, by any objective means, performed very well over the past year and, as a consequence the organisation has benefitted greatly from the actions of your group. The organisation has decided that a substantial performance bonus should be paid to the group as a whole and equally dispersed among members of the group. However, you know that not everybody contributes equally to the group. You are asked to write
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Summary of “Writing for Exams” This chapter focuses on the professional exams, including the criteria used to test candidates’ mastery of effective writing. The chapter discusses CPA and CMA exams and how we can become effective in the writing sections of these exams. This chapter also provides us tips for preparing and taking the professional exams. Writing for CPA Exam Since 2013, three tasks requiring written responses have been include in the Business Environment Concepts BEC section of the
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“No Knowledge Can be Discussed in a Single Way of Knowing” Lily Jang Theory of Knowledge February7th Using one way of knowing is not enough to determine whether something is true or whether something is believed to be true. Knowledge can be acquired through eight ways of knowing: memory, perception, emotion, imagination, reason, language, intuition, and faith. Plato defined knowledge as the “justified true belief”, which shows that in order for us to obtain knowledge, we need to know certain
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Knowledge according to Plato, is justified true belief. For a person to know something he/she has to believe it, has to be able to justify it and it has to be true. ("Plato | TOKTalk.net," n.d.) However, this definition does not cover all types of knowledge for example, we know how to eat. This knowledge is not based on any kind of belief or justification. To answer this question, we must first understand the two main terms, personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Personal knowledge can be knowledge
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The key term in the prescribed title is “neutral question”. What is a “neutral” question? How can someone conclude on whether the question is neutral or not? A question is a powerful tool. It can lead to insight, inspiration, discovery and progress. It can determine where to go next. From the dictionary point of view, a “neutral” question is an unbiased question, one where the questioner has no preconceived ideas or predictions, has no vested interest in the answer, will accept whatever the answer
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Rising up from failures and avoiding it III. How can one rise up from those failures? How can one avoid it? Failing in college could be frustrating and sometimes we lose our self - confidence by telling ourselves that we are not intelligent and we are often discouraged. According to Matthew Bass, “Failure is simply a stepping-stone on your way to success” (Matthew Bass). Failing is never a hindrance for our success. It may let us down and make us hopeless at first, but if we try again and come
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