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Tidal volume is the normal volume of air inhaled in one breath at rest.

Total vital capacity is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation. This usually ...

When you have invested a lot of time and energy into your revision, it is understandable that you want to convey this to your examiner. The way to do this is not, however, by setting down as much informat...

The ratio 4:5:7 is a way of comparing the size of the shares received by Frank, Mary and Seth. It helps to pretend that we are sharing the sweets between some equally-sized boxes: each box has the same nu...

In order to solve the pair of simultaneous equations, we must find a single set of values for x and y which fulfils both at once. By substituting “x=2-y” into “x²+y²=4”, we obtain a ...

First it's important to remember that a wave isn't an object that is moving. When a wave moves through a substance the particles of the substance move side to side or backwards and forwards around their o...