What is the height of a cone with a radius of 12 cm and a volume of 408*pi cubic cm.

All we have to do is to recall the identity that gives the
volume of a cone:

V =
pi*R^2*h/3

R is the radius of the base circle and h is the
height of the cone.

Since we know the values of the volume
and the radius, we'll replace them into the formula:

408*pi
= pi*144*h/3

We'll divide by
pi:

408*3 = 144*h

We'll divide
by 144 both sides:

h =
408*3/144

h = 1224/144

h = 8.5
cm

The requested height of the cone is of 8.5
cm.

Please explain the symbolism of water in Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.

Water is an important symbol in the novel, in many ways.
First, there is an abundance of natural water elements surrounding Antonio's home. The
river, the pond, and the lake all represent different sides of Antonio and different
events in his life. The river represents the violence and sin in the
town. This is where Tony witnesses Lupito's death, and is first awakened
to the evil men can do. He also has to cross the river to go to school, so that first
crossing symbolizes the first step into maturity. In contrast, the pond is pure, the
home of the golden carp. It symbolizes the grace of God and of man- the
goodness of which we're capable. The lake or reservoir holds a kind of hidden danger.
There is the threat of flood, which ties into the golden carp story. But
there's also the threat of drowning, which we see in Florence's death.
Water is also important in Antonio's last name. "Marez" means "sea",
expressing the wild, untamed, almost destructive nature of
water.

Can anyone please give me a summary please of A Visit from the Goon Squad?

There are thirteen stories told in this book, which makes
for a very difficult summary. This is especially true because each of the thirteen
stories is narrated by a different character. 

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The book follows a large cast of mostly
self-destructive characters as they grow older and fate sends them in directions they
did not intend to
go.

However, focusing on the
two most prominent characters in the book, we can summarize A Visit from the Goon
Squadas follows. 

Sasha is introduced as a person in
therapy for compulsive stealing. She is in her thirties at this point, works for Bennie
Salazar at a record label, and lives in New York City. In her past, Sasha was a
pickpocket in Naples, Italy after running away from home at the age of
seventeen. 

She returns to the US and enrolls at university
in New York, meets Bennie at a Conduits concert, and lands a job with him. She spends
years working at the record label, making no attempts to move up to become an executive.
Sasha helps Bennie navigate his divorce to some extent and politely brushes him off when
he desparately announces his love for her.

Later, she gets
married to Drew, the boyfriend who was partially responsible for the drowning death of
her suicidal best friend Rob when she was in college. She and Drew move to California
and have two kids, Alison and Lincoln. Lincoln is slightly
autistic.

Bennie Salazar was raised in California and loved
music. He is introduced to a music mogul who is dating a friend of his when he (and his
friend) is still in high school. Bennie plays bass guitar in a band that is not quite
passable and he plays poorly. His interest in music and the music business, however, is
passionate. Upon meeting the music mogul, Bennie launches his career in music,
eventually becoming a wealthy music mogul himself.

Bennie
marries Stephanie, has a child with her, and moves into a ritzy neighborhood outside of
New York City. He is looked at with suspicion in the close-knit neighborhood while
Stephanie finds ways to integrate herself. 

They are
divorced after Stephanie realizes that Bennie has slept with her tennis partner as a way
to get revenge. Bennie then has awkward and often disappointing visits with his
son. 

Eventually Bennie remarries and has another
child.

Calculate the exrtreme value of the function f(x) = 3x^2-4x+5

f(x)= 3x^2 - 4x + 5

we need
to find the extreme value of f(x).

First we will find the
critical points.

==. f'(x) = 6x -4 =
0

==> x = 4/6 =
2/3

Then the function f(x) has an extreme value at
f(2/3)

==> f(2/3) = 3*(2/3)^2 - 4*2/3 +
5

==> f(2/3) = 12/9 - 8/3 + 5 = ( 12 - 24 + 45) / 9
= 33/9 = 11/3

Then the function has extreme
value at the point f(2/3) = 11/3 OR the point ( 2/3, 11/3)

What do we find out about Mr. Underwood in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Braxton Bragg Underwood is one of the more interesting of
the minor characters of To Kill a Mockingbird. Underwood was
named--"in a fey fit of humor" by his father--for one of the most inept and hated of all
the Confederate generals of the Civil War, Braxton Bragg; Scout mentions that rumor had
it that Underwood had been determined to "live it down." The owner and editor of
The Maycomb Tribune, Underwood was an "intense, profane little man"
who apparently was quite a drinker, since Atticus commented that "naming people after
Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers." Atticus also said that Underwood
"despises Negroes," yet, on the night that the lynch mob came to take Tom Robinson from
the jail, he stood guard over Atticus with his shotgun from the window above the
newspaper office. Despite his feelings about the black man, he vehemently lamented Tom's
death, likening it to the "senseless slaughter of songbirds." Scout decided that
Underwood did not approve of the killing of cripples, be they black or
white.

In Macbeth, is Macbeth's chief fear punishment after death?Does Malcolm knows Macbeth better than Duncan does?

If you read Macbeth's soliloquy in the beginning of act 1
scene 7, you will know that while examining the pros and cons of Duncan's murder,
Macbeth was more seriously concerned about the punishment he would have to receive in
this world itself, rather than in the world to come after death. Macbeth was very much
conscious of the retributive justice in this world and, had it been a question of
punishment after death, he would have easily and quickly killed
Duncan.

Yes, Malcolm knows Macbeth better than his father,
King Duncan. Duncan was overwhelmed by his general Macbeth's valorous loyalty, and was
all praise for him in whom he could put absolute trust. On the other hand, Malcolm saw
how the fair Macbeth turned foul, killed his good old king, usurped the throne, and
unleashed a reign of terror. Having taken an asylum in the English King's court, having
received the details of Macbeth's bloody tyranny, Malcolm came to realize that Macbeth
was a "(dead) butcher".

How does Salman Rushdie use characterization in the novel The Satanic Verses to explore the issue of self-creation?

Despite the different social conditions and time periods
in which the characters in Rushdie's work appear, there is a fairly dominant end in
which they display the idea of self- creation.  Chamcha is in strong possession of self-
creation and self- definition.  While he is born an Indian, he lives most of his life in
denial of this reality, seeking to be a "good Englishman."  This is something that he
feels he is able to do through his own creation and his own sense of identity formation,
something that exists in his own hands.  It is represented in his own life through his
struggles with his ethnicity and is also present in his ability to forge voices that can
reflect different people, an act of self- creation that spells the doom of Farishta at
the end. His counterpart, Gibreel Farishta, is another product of his own notion of
self- creation.  He is able to enter films at an early age, define his own notion of
identity, and even reject any notion of spirituality in the process.  The fact that he
lives his life with so much in terms of freedom and self- choice reflects this, as he
really never has to be bound to anything.  The opening of the novel where he is free-
falling through the air is reflective of his own freedom and state of being, subject to
his own self- creation.  To a great extent, the controversy the book caused reflects
this as Mahound is a product of self- creation, as he is able to create his own
messages, altering them to what will suit his own notion of the spiritual good.  To this
end, there is a level of self- creation evident in the characters and their ability to
define themselves and their world in accordance to their own subjectivity is critical to
the novel's development.