Logic gates and Karnaugh maps: worked exercises
Boolean algebra, logic gates, truth tables and Karnaugh maps: the method to simplify a logic function, typical mistakes and worked exercises.
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Notes from the notebook.
Guides, worked examples and study method, translated from our Italian blog.
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Measurement errors and error propagation
Absolute, relative and percentage error, half-range spread and error propagation on sums and products: the method for the physics test, with exercises.
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Organic reactions: electrophilic addition, SN1 and SN2
Electrophilic addition and Markovnikov's rule, SN1 and SN2 nucleophilic substitution: how to spot the mechanism, typical mistakes and worked Year 5 exercises.
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Pencils of lines: proper and improper, worked examples
Proper and improper pencils of lines, the centre, the generating lines and the parameter k: how to recognise them and solve the Year 2 test exercises.
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Indefinido, perfecto or imperfecto: the Spanish past tenses
Pretérito indefinido, perfecto and imperfecto: when to use each past tense, time markers, typical mistakes of Italian speakers and worked exercises.
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Thermochemistry: enthalpy and Hess's law with exercises
Enthalpy of reaction, exo- and endothermic reactions, enthalpy of formation and Hess's law: the calculation method, typical mistakes and three worked exercises.
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Triangle congruence criteria: how to write the proofs
The three triangle congruence criteria and the method for setting up a proof: given, to prove, justified steps, typical mistakes and worked exercises.
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Maths in the Bocconi test: topics and exercises
The maths section of the Bocconi test: topics that come up, traps in the questions, worked exercises and how to prepare for the winter session.
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Chemical kinetics: reaction rate and worked exercises
Reaction rate, rate law, reaction order and activation energy: how to work them out from data, the typical mistakes and three worked exercises.
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How to prepare for the TOLC-SPS: Political Science
The TOLC-SPS for political and social sciences: sections, scoring, what to study for comprehension, knowledge and mathematical reasoning, with worked questions.
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Mitosis and meiosis: differences, stages, exercises
Mitosis and meiosis compared: stages, chromosomes and chromatids at each step, crossing over and the typical biology test mistakes, with worked exercises.
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The OSI and TCP/IP models: the layers explained
The seven OSI layers and the four TCP/IP layers, with a packet followed step by step, the devices at each layer and the typical exercises of the test.
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Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in hygiene
The three levels of prevention and the chain of infection for Hygiene and Medical-Health Culture in Year 4: definitions, examples and test questions.
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Special products: formulas and worked exercises
Square and cube of a binomial, sum times difference, square of a trinomial: how to spot them, typical sign errors and worked exercises for Year 1.
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TOLC-I maths: topics and worked exercises
The topics of the TOLC-I maths section, the questions that lose the most marks and ten worked multiple-choice exercises, with the timing to keep to.
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Interference and diffraction: Young's experiment
Double-slit interference, fringes and diffraction in Year 4: formulas, typical mistakes and three exercises worked step by step before the December test.
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Basal metabolic rate and energy needs: the calculations
Basal metabolic rate, PAL and total energy requirement: the Harris-Benedict formulas, BMI and nutrient breakdown, with worked examples for the Year 3 test.
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Constraint reactions: worked statics exercises
Supports, degrees of freedom, free-body diagrams and the equations of statics: how to calculate constraint reactions, with worked exercises on beams.
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Direct, inverse and quadratic proportionality in physics
How to recognise direct, inverse and quadratic proportionality from a table and a graph in physics: method, formulas and worked exercises for the test.
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Electric potential and capacitors: worked exercises
Electric field, potential energy, potential and capacitors in Year 5: how not to mix them up, with three step-by-step worked exercises and a test method.
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Electron configuration and quantum numbers: the method
Quantum numbers, orbitals, the Aufbau principle and Hund's rule for writing an electron configuration without mistakes, with three fully worked exercises.
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Functional groups in organic chemistry: names and properties
Alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids: IUPAC naming, physical properties and typical reactions of the functional groups, with worked exercises.
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Ratios, proportions and percentages in Year 1 of high school
Proportions, percentages, discounts and above/below-100 calculations in Year 1 at technical institutes: method, typical mistakes, three worked exercises.
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Sets and logic in Year 1 of high school: worked exercises
Sets, subsets, operations and logic in Year 1 of high school: representations, De Morgan, quantifiers and three exercises worked step by step.
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