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Maths: parametric eqns of a parabola

A variable chord of a parabola y2=4ax is of constant length 2a Prove that its midpoint lies on a curve given by (y2-4ax)(y2+4a2)+4a2=0. [S level 1965)
10:04 Sun 15th Nov 20094 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:59 Thu 19th Nov 2009
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IHT calculation

If a dead man has an estate of £1m and leaves half to battersea dogs home - a charity - and the other half to Miss Lulubella Whiplash, what is the tax calculation ? Lulubell is a tax payer by...
20:21 Wed 16th Sep 20093 answers, last by Peter Pedant 17:37 Sat 19th Sep 2009
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Hillerman: which is the best ?

Hillerman, the Times and Telegraph tell me is now a dead white author. which is his best novel in the Navajo series I dont want to read them all thanks
01:51 Thu 30th Oct 20084 answers, last by Quizmonster 16:40 Thu 30th Oct 2008
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work houses

Do the records of work houses still exist and are they on the internet please two relations have died in workhouses and I wondered if there were any contemporaneous records I could access ? thanks PP
21:40 Fri 10th Oct 20085 answers, last by yapisle 22:34 Fri 31st Oct 2008
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Wills, Jointure and CGT

yes Boys and Gurlz usually it is a question of: I am not insured - will I have to pay. But listen to this question If a house is owned jointly by A and B who are not otherwise related ie not man and...
16:00 Fri 09th May 20085 answers, last by dzug 15:49 Sat 10th May 2008
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Commonest English words

Does anyone have a URL for a simple linguistic problem - which is a list of the 200 commonest used English words and for that matter the commonest 1000 words ? Thanks PP
20:55 Sat 05th Apr 20085 answers, last by Peter Pedant 17:56 Sun 06th Apr 2008
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Manchester 1851 census

Can someone help me this is driving me CRAZY 1790 - 1810 The area from Portland St down to Medlock was developed. From Granby Row, now part of UMIST site it went Acton Street Pump Street - parallet to...
21:32 Wed 27th Feb 20085 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:33 Tue 07th Oct 2008
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ER - arson and the kid

Please help..... how did the nurse find out it was her son ? The nurse's angelic looking kid has been going off the rails and they are replaying the bit where he torches the flat and then latterly...
22:26 Mon 03rd Dec 2007
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C18 play - can you name it ?

Hello ABers Does anyone know the name of a play -eighteenth century I think It involves a young man (heir) has gambled away his fortune and is left only with the family portraits and unknown to him...
18:40 Thu 25th Oct 20072 answers, last by Peter Pedant 08:16 Fri 26th Oct 2007
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Coppelia

The Brum production of Coppelia ended happily Does my memory fail me ? I thought it ended unhappily with the broken hearted Coppelius carting off the broken doll ? Are Brummies soft hearted or do I...
22:37 Fri 08th Jun 20073 answers, last by Narolines 22:53 Sat 09th Jun 2007
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tee vee video art history contest

A friend said there was a trailer for a programme where punters were invited to video themselves holding forth on their favourite art historical objaaaay and then send it in ! Does anyone know the...
00:02 Tue 05th Jun 2007
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Tommy - the rock opera

Do the words Tarmy, Tarmy can you hear me ? Tarmy ! Tarmy ! occur any where ? [and if so where] It was on the Teevee a few days ago and I have stuck through the whole two or three hours - well it...
23:53 Mon 04th Jun 20073 answers, last by Peter Pedant 00:36 Tue 05th Jun 2007
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Irish in the British Army

Does anyone know of an estimate of how many Irish crossed the border from the South and joined up in British forces in WW2 ? A young Irish colleen said virtually no-one and clearly didnt like the idea...
22:57 Sat 26th May 20077 answers, last by Wozzawasp 18:49 Tue 29th May 2007
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Aristophanes and triremes

There was some doubt about how tri-remes were manned,and how the oars were banked and there is a naughty joke in Aristophanes - oh dont put me in the lower bank or else i will get.....upon......which...
21:31 Thu 01st Feb 20074 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:15 Sat 03rd Feb 2007
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current carrying wires

Does anyone have any idea of the location/URL of a space explaining how to derive this law/expresison of the force between two current carrying parallel wires. yeah I know integral calculus is...
22:18 Mon 18th Dec 20063 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:02 Tue 19th Dec 2006
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When do I marry ?

Hi ABers Marriage used to be more tax advantageous in some months and less in others. Which is the best month to get married from HMIT's point of view and why. or doesnt it matter now that everyone is...
15:01 Tue 12th Sep 20065 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:47 Tue 12th Sep 2006
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The girl in Cold Case

The platinum blonde police woman in cold case looks as though she is gonna become one herself.... She looks terrible - - [minging, as one of the girls put it altho' I am not sure if I would use it] Is...
00:02 Sat 19th Aug 2006
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lock stock

in lock stock and two smoking barrels, near the end of the film, there is a scene in a pub where one of them throws a forward sommersault. is the person just a walk on or is it Jason Statham?
22:41 Thu 02nd Mar 20061 answer, last by Mr D Black 10:46 Fri 03rd Mar 2006
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Gallus

a few lines of his elegiacs were found a few years ago on a papyrus, and turned out to the oldest written Latin ever ! He was forced to commit suicide soon after the Battle of Actium (yup I am talking...
18:52 Tue 07th Feb 20066 answers, last by Hgrove 00:31 Sat 11th Feb 2006
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Bleak House - is it Scully

I notice an actress Gillian Anderson is in Bleak house. Does this mean that Scully was lady Dedlock, or was I dreaming ?
00:05 Mon 19th Dec 20053 answers, last by goldenboy 17:57 Mon 19th Dec 2005

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