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What is an antibiotic and how does it work?

Antibiotics are drugs prescribed to people to fight bacterial infections. They work in the body to target specific bacteria that are circulating or found withing tissues, but cannot work within cells (...

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Answered by Catherine T. Biology tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations 5x+2y=11 and x-y=-2.

Simultaneous Equations are equations involving 2 or more unknowns that are to have the same value in each equation. The aim is to eliminate all except one unknown which will then allow us to find the v...

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Answered by Peter H. Maths tutor
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Make y the subject of (y/x)+(2y/(x+4))=3

We want to make y the subject of the equation and so we need to write it in the form y=f(x) where f(x) is a function in terms of x.When rearranging equations with fractions for a certain subject, factoris...

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Answered by Henry L. Maths tutor
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Solve the simultaneous equations 4x + 7y = 1 and 3x +10y = 15.

There are two main ways of solving this equation, substitution and elimination, here we go through the susbtitution method. This involves rearranging one of the equations to get one of the variables in...

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Answered by Luke C. Maths tutor
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Why does lowering the control rods in a nuclear reactor reduce the amount of energy released each second from the nuclear fuel?

The boron control rods absorb slow-moving neutrons (thermal neutrons), which means that there are less available neutrons in the reactor. Since nuclear fission requires a collison between a neutron and...

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Answered by Luke C. Physics tutor
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