What is the equvalent fraction of 9 over 27 ? you have to divide.

If you are asking what I think you are asking, the correct answer is 1/3.

That would be the answer you get if you simplify 9/27.

The way you simplify a fraction is to divide both the top and the bottom by the largest number that will divide into both numbers exactly (leaving no remainder).

In the case of 9/27, 9 can divide both numbers exactly.  9/9 is, of course, 1.  27/9 is 3.

So once you divide both top and bottom by 9, you get 1/3.

That is the most simplified version of 9/27.

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In The Old Man and the Sea, what would be some examples of quotes that reveals conflict?

This is a novella filled with lots and lots of conflict of all kinds.  (It is called The Old Man and the Sea, of course, which represents a kind of conflict right from the beginning.)  Anything which is Santiago against the fish is conflict.  For example:

Just then the fish gave a sudden lurch that pulled the old man down onto the bow and would have pulled him overboard if he had not braced himself and given some line.

Other external (physical) conflicts include man vs. shark, man vs. hand, man vs. hunger, man vs. sleepiness...and plenty more. 

Santiago also experiences an inner conflict in several ways.  He has to convince himself to keep going despite the pain. He fights his daydreaming in order to stay as focused as he needs to be. He also wavers in his resolve to kill this fish for which he has such respect.

Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him.

Santiago also has a man vs. society conflict, a society which calls him unlucky and old and not a good fisherman anymore. 

This entire reading is a story about conflict and how to persevere in the face of trying circumstances and against all odds.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author alludes to Ivanhoe. What insight or effect was created by the author? Why did the author choose this allusion?

Sir Walter Scott, author of Ivanhoe and many other romantic historical novels which made him rich and famous, has suffered a severe decline in popularity and critical esteem because of his sentimentality and artificial dialogue, among other things. Here is a sample of the dialogue from Ivanhoe, which is characteristic of the way all his men and women speak.

"Truly," said Wamba, without stirring from the spot, "I have consulted my legs upon this matter, and they are altogether of opinion, that to carry my gay garments through these sloughs, would be an act of unfriendship to my sovereign person and royal wardrobe; wherefore, Gurth, I advise thee to call off Fangs, and leave the herd to their destiny, which, whether they meet with bands of travelling soldiers, or of outlaws, or of wandering pilgrims, can be little else than to be converted into Normans before morning, to thy no small ease and comfort."

Mrs. Dubose's taste for Ivanhoe, or for any other novel by Sir Walter Scott, characterizes her as an old-fashioned, Southern-belle type of woman who dotes on romantic heroes and beautiful, gracious heroines behaving with decorum in a world of unreality, a sort of fairy-land past that never really existed. We can also imagine how the treacly prose and dialogue must have been torture for poor Jem to have to read and how it contributed to his punishment. He probably didn't understand one-tenth of what he was reading to this faded Southern belle. She is a relic of the Old South, not unlike William Faulkner's Emily Grierson in "A Rose for Emily" or Azalea Adair in O. Henry's "A Municipal Report."

How much acceleration does a 747 jumbo jet of mass 6999 kg experience in takeoff when the thrust for each of four engines is 5999 N?Answer in units...

A plane which is taking off, or even flying, does not receive its upward thrust directly. The thrust of the engine provides a thrust which is parallel to the main axis of the plane, which at the time is parallel to the horizontal. The upward force for take-off of the plane, as well as to keep the plane in the air against the gravitational force, is provided by the force created by air acting against the wings of the speeding plane.

Thus when the plane just starts its run for the take off the entire force generated by the engines is used for accelerating the plane horizontally. If we assume that the air resistance and the rolling friction of the plane at the start of take off is zero the acceleration of the plane can be calculated as follows.

Thrust generated by 1 engine = 5999 N

Therefore total thrust generated by 4 engine = 5999*4 = 23996 N

The thrust used to accelerate the plane = (weight of plane)*acceleration =

Therefore: 6999*(acceleration) = 23996

Therefore: acceleration = 23996/6999 = 3.4285 m/s^2 (approximately)

Answer: The plane will experience acceleration of 3.4285 m/s^2

How is the King of Salem related to and contribute to or detract from Santiago's journey's success in The Alchemist by Coelho?

The other answers in this thread more or less explain the significance of the character Melchisedek in the "The Alchemist" but you may still be wondering why Paulo Coelho included this character in the story. It is because of the alchemy theme. Melchisedek is a significant figure in the Kabalistic tradition (which alchemy finds its roots in). According to Rabbinical tradition he is either the same person as Shem, the son of Noah and a high priest,  or a contemporary. Another, alternative teaching is that he is a manifestation of divinity itself, in the form of a man. In the alchemical tradition he is a man in his highest form; manifesting divinity. There are references to him in the Midrash, Zohar, and Tanakh (traditional Jewish books of Kabalistic value), but you might be more familiar with references in the Bible: Genesis 14:18 and Hebrews 7:1. Melchisedek, as a high priest, blesses Abraham upon his victorious return from battle against the four kings who had beseiged the cities of Sodom and Gamorrah and who had taken Abraham's nephew Lot prisoner. He brings bread and wine (the products of the earth) to Abraham and blesses him in the name of "God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth" (the blessing is the product of heaven and completes the formula). In return, Abraham gives a tenth of the spoils of battle. This is the reason Coelho's character requires a tenth of the boys possessions and the fortune teller makes the boy promise a tenth of the treasure he seeks. Coelho has woven a tale firmly rooted in the study of alchemy but has brought this dead system to life with his assertion that the universe conspires to help those who pursue their personal legend.

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Which character in "In Another Country" can be considered the Hemingway hero, and why?

Of course it is Nick. In the story, In Another Country the reader realizes that Nick Adams is honest, virile, and, more important, a person of extreme sensitivity. By observing the particular state of mind of the young narrator at the beginning of the story, we see that what happens to the major makes a tremendous impact on the young, wounded soldier. He is the Hemingway hero because of his virility and honesty and especially his sensitivity.

Please characterize Pearl of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" What are three nouns or adjectives about pearl that indicate Pearl's strong...

As the symbol of Hester's sin, Pearl acts throughout the novel as Hester's reminder of her sin and her tormentor.  It is not until Chapter XXIII that Pearl becomes humanized as she kisses her father, the Reverend Dimmesdale as she, Hester, and he stand on the scaffold.

Two things that Pearl likes are tormenting her mother since the warfare of Hester's spirit is in her, and giving in to her elfish urges.  For instance, when Pearl accompanies her mother to the mansion of Governor Bellingham, she tortures her mother with "naughty merriment" as her mother's scarlet letter is exaggerated in the suit of armor that hangs before them. Also, when she and her mother  depart the mansion, Pearl "in utters scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream,...not from any notion of obedience, but because the ...curiosity of her diposition was excited by the appearance" of two new people.  And, when questioned by the Reverend Mr. Wilson about who made her, she impishly replies that she was born of the rose bush outside the prison.

Three words that are descriptive of Pearl's feelings are in Chapter VIII as Pearl is described as "a wild and flighty little elf."  The child exhibits this behavior later in the novel as well when she and her mother are in the forest and Hester asks Pearl to cross the brook, but Pearl refuses until her mother reattaches the scarlet letter to her bosom.

One noun that describes qualities Pearl, as the embodiment of Hester's conscience as well as her sin, appreciates in others is honesty. For example, Pearl pulls away her hand from Dimmesdale when he refuses to stand with Hester at noon on the scaffold, complaining, "Thous was not bold!--thou wast not true!"

Goodness is another quality, for Pearl shrinks from the "black man."  When she spots Chillingworth in Chapter X, Pearl exhorts her mother to come away from him, for he will harm her.

The beauty of nature is still another quality that Pearl appreciates.  She loves the play of the sunlight upon her as she and her mother venture into the forest in Chapter XVI, and she enjoys the brook.