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Feedback on an essay: how to ensure you've written in a clear and coherent manner, making sure to consistently talk about your chosen exam theme throughout e.g. love and loss, in Harold Pinter's 'Betrayal' and Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'.

It is important to analyse the main points you are making throughout your essay, in great detail - e.g: "affects the reader" (but how?). Hence, it is imperative to expand your linguistic techniq...

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When a nerve impulse arrives at a synapse, it causes the release of neurotransmitter from vesicles in the presynaptic knob. Describe how.

When the action potential arrives at the presynaptic end of the neurone or nerve ending, the influx of ions along the axon body results in the depolarisation of the nerve cell and the presynaptic membrane...

Answered by Philip A. • Biology tutor

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What is the difference between and exothermic and endothermic reaction and how can you tell the difference?

An exothermic reaction is a reaction which transfers enerygy to its surroudings.And endothermic reaction is one that absorbs energy from its surroundings.An exothermic reaction will make its environment w...

Answered by Kawthar H. • Chemistry tutor

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If we know that y is directly proportional to x and that when x=1, y=3, then what is the value of x when y=4?

The fact that y is directly proportional to x gives us that y=kx, where k is some constant.Firstly, we need to find the value of this constant, using the pair of values we are given in the question. We su...

Answered by Joshua E. • Maths tutor

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Integrate the function f(x) = x ln (x) over the interval [1,e].

This problem can be solved using integration by parts (IBP), although using IBP multiple times:BASIC IBP METHOD: given an expression integral(u dv) where ...

Answered by James H. • Further Mathematics tutor

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