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Why does putting honey on a cut kill the bacteria within it?

The water potential in bacterial cells is higher than that of the honey, meaning that water leaves the bacterial cells by osmosis. This loss of water denatures the bacterial cells as it stops metabolic react...
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How is unemployment related to causes of inflation?

Inflation is a sustained rise in general price levels. There are several causes for prices to rise. When production costs, such as wages and raw material prices increase- cost-push inflation occurs. Inflatio...
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How to answer the question: How does a bicarbonate buffer solution control pH when either an acid or a base is added?

A buffer solution is resistant to changes in pH upon the addition of relatively small amounts of acid or base. In this case, the equilibrium resisting changes to the pH is: H2CO3 <-> H+ + HCO3-. Upon a...
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To what extent do you agree that Charles I's advisors were the main cause of growing opposition to his rule during the years 1629-40?

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integrate 5x^2 + x + 2 and find the value of c if the curve lies on the coordinates (1,3)

when integrating you must add one to the power and divide by the new power. so y=(5x^(2 + 1))/3 + (x^(1+1))/2 + 2x + c now substitute 1 for x and 3 for y so 3= (5(1)^(2 + 1))/3 + ((1)^(1+1))/2 + 2(1) + c 3 =...
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