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Use the example of antibiotic resistant bacteria to explain directional selection.

DNA mutations happen randomly during division by mitosis. Some of these mutations code for antibiotic resistance. When a bacterial colony is exposed to antibiotics most bacteria without the resistance mutati...
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How do I integrate x/(x^2 + 3) ?

To solve this you need to integrate by substitution. You can spot this because the differential of the bottom of the fraction is a multiple of the top part, showing this quickly; if u = x 2 + 3 (the bottom p...
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integrate by parts the equation dy/dx = (3x-4)(2x^2+5).

The equation we use to integrate by parts is y = uv - ∫ v(du/dx) dx + c so we separate dy/dx into u=(3x-4) and dv/dx=(2x 2 +5) however we still need to find du/dx and v, by differentiating u (bring the power...
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How does water travel up the stem of a plant from the roots to the leaves, wouldn't gravity prevent this?

Water molecules are polar. This means that one end of the molecule is slightly negatively charged (the oxygen atom) and one end of the molecule is slightly positively charges (the hydrogen atoms). The slight...
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How is the French subjunctive mood constructed?

The subjunctive mood is used in French to express several different things, such as uncertainty, hope or fear. Firstly we will look at how it is constructed: For regular verbs, we take the third person plura...
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