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Homework Statement Is this oxidation or reduction: (NO3)- ---> NO (this is a half reaction I took from the full equation) Homework Equations Not necessary The Attempt at a Solution At first, I got the oxidation states of each of the atoms For (NO3)- N has an oxidation...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-traincrash13-2008sep13,0,245095.story" Man, this is really terrible. The last time I remember something like this happening was when some guy left his car on a Metrolink track. A sorry example of physics at work :(.

Based on people who have maybe used both books, would Tom Apostol's Volume I book be a more preferred book than Stewarts? I'm really aiming to understand everything and not just "know how to do the steps." This is why someone recommended Apostol to me. I am a beginner in Calculus as well...

I thought cats didn't like sex, the females at least. Don't the males have some sort of "spiky" velcro-like material on their genitals?

Isn't paraphrasing basically chewing the words and spitting them back out? I still feel compelled to follow Moonbear's answer. "Different words" can mean a lot of things, as well as one simple answer.

Oh, so I guess the first example would be my answer (I need to paraphrase a certain part of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes). Thanks Moonbear!

I know this isn't the homework section, but the homework section only allows science-related questions for homework. This is as well out of the "science realm," but it doesn't seem like "General Discussion" to ask about Paraphrasing. Well, my question is how to paraphrase a piece of writing...

So they didn't seem to collide any particles yet? I'm not too knowledgeable about this topic, but it must be something "landmark" as Google altered their logo to inform people about this. Anyways, there's a link to the article here...

Hello! I am a junior in a high school. Currently, I am exploring different different colleges and universities, only in the United States and America. Right now, materials science and polymer chemistry is really interests me and I want to know if anyone here can recommend a university...