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    A couple of questions regarding acceptance into courses:

    1. If there are 1000 places for a course and only, say, 900 people apply for it, will they accept candidates they had a UAI just under the cut-off mark? 2. If I applied for a DFEE course, but performed very well in the first year of Uni, will I be able to change to a CSP in the same course...
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    B Speech Pathology or B Health Sciences?

    Okay, so I want to do Speech Pathology which of course requires a Masters degree no matter which of the two undergrad courses I choose. If I do B Health Sciences then a Masters in Speech Pathology would I be disadvantaged in being able to get a clinical job as compared to a person who did the...
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    Why does the Maglev train require Superconductivity?

    Why does the Maglev train require Superconductivity to operate?
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    The graph of black body radiation

    What's the unit for the y-axis in a graph of Black Body Radiation?
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    Significance of Pompey's career?

    Aside from being a large contributing factor to the success of Caesar's career and the downfall of the repulic, are there any other important impacts resulting from Pompey's career?
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    Please help me with this question...

    Discuss the major advances in our understanding of the structure of matter that provided scientists with the evidence they needed to develop models to explain the conduction properties of metallic conductors, and later to offer an explanation for the behaviour of superconductors (7 marks) I've...
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    Sliding scale profit share scheme?

    From the 2005 Qantas Case study: "In October 2001, Qantas put to the union movement, a proposal for an 18 month wage freeze in return for a sliding scale profit share scheme." What's a sliding scale profit share scheme?
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    Basic Trig Functions Question

    For the graph y=cos x .................................2 Will the graph intercept the y-axis at 1? If the amplitude is 1, will cos x graphs always intercept at y=1? And for the graph y=cos(x+pi/4), what is the period and how do you work it out?
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    Employment relations dispute

    I have an assessment whereby I must research a business which has had a recent (last 3 months) employment relations dispute and write a business report on it. Does anyone have any suggestions on what business I should use or where I can find such information?
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    HSC Question: Outline the role of the Kryteia in Sparta society (5)

    That was part of the Sparta question in HSC paper 2005. The only thing that my teacher told me about the Krypteia was that they assassinated the Helots at certains times. Since this question is worth five marks, I obviously won't do to well on it. Can someone please tell me more information...
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    Help: Circular motion at constant angular velocity

    Can someone please explain to me why, when an object is undergoing circular motion at constant angular velocity, it is accelerating towards the centre of that circle?
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    Help: Sparta essay

    Hey, I've never really been good at writing essays and I'll like to ask you for your assistance on this one. Here's the question: "Whilst most parts of the Greek world viewed the state of Sparta with suspicion and disdain, Sparta remained steadfast in its military training and shared way...
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    Simple differentiation question

    How do I differentiate an equation which has a constant as the denominator of one or all of its terms? For example: 1. h= 1 + x - x^2 .....................40 2. n= 24x^2 - x^3 .................20 Can someone just clearly clarify this for me?
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    Acceleration due to gravity in Projectile motions

    My physics teacher said to us that the acceleration due to gravity in projectile motions questions is always -9.8ms^-2. But a friend of mine who has done the HSC says to me that it can be negative or positive 9.8 depending on which way the projectile is moving. Who's right?
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    Help with Projectile Motions please

    A projectile is shot almost vertically upwards from the edge of a tall building. It takes 22 seconds to reach the ground at the foot of the building. A stone dropped from the building takes 5.6 seconds to reach the ground. What is the initial velocity of the projectile?
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    HSC Textbook recommendation

    What are some good HSC Business Studies textbooks?
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    Textbook: Dot-Points Physics HSC

    I was just wondering if anyone used this textbook for the Physics HSC course. This textbook Lists all the dot-points in the syllabus and has answers for them. Is this textbook a worthy puchase, or is there a better alternative? I'm using the Jacaranda textbook at school.
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    Syntax created by punctuation.

    How does the technique of syntax created by punctuation help to take the respondant on a journey with the persona? For example: "He thought he would return to the house and lie down, and next summer, perhaps, when he had another year's growth in him - then he would go through the hole." "But...
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    Simple Polynomial Question (Special Results)

    I just need a little help with this question, it won't take long. Thanks in advance. A polynomial P(x) of degree 3 has a triple root at x=1. Find P(x). Is this a unique answer? The answer is p(x)=k(x-1)^3 What I don't understand is why there a is "k" in the answer. Oh, and what does a...
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    I need help with mathematical induction

    Use mathematical induction to prove that for all positive integers n: 1. a+ar+ar^2+...+ar^(n-1)= a(r^n-1)/r-1, provided r does not equal to 1 2. a+(a+d)+(a+2d)...+(a+(n-1)d)=1/2 x n(2a+(n-1)d) I just don't know what to do when there are more than one different... what's it called... letters...
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