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Explain how natural selection can lead to new species forming (speciation)

Within a gene pool of a population, there is genetic variation, due to mutation. This leads to phenotypic variation. Some individuals will be better adapted to the environment than others and will therefore ...
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What is natural selection?

Within a population of a species there is great geetic variation giving rise to variation in their phentoypes. Some phenotypes enable an organism to be better adapted to its environment than other members of...
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How does covalent bonding work?

Covalent bonding relies on the fact that all atoms are desperately trying to get a full outer shell of electrons. By full outer shell we mean 2 electrons in the first shell, 8 in the 2nd shell, 8 in the 3rd ...
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Find the roots of the quadratic equation, x^2 - 8x + 24 = 0, by completing the square.

Step 1: The fisrt step is to use the following formula when asked to complete the square, ( x + (b/2) ) 2 - (b/2) 2 + c = 0 Step 2 In our case, b=8,c=24 Hence our equation, x 2 - 8x + 24= 0 becomes (x + (-8/...
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Suppose you are given a rectangle where the length is equal to 2x+4 and its width is equal to 3x-2. Assuming that the perimeter is equal to 54 cm, what's the value of x?

Step 1: For a rectangle, we know that opposite sides are equal Hence we use this information to draw a rectangle and label the 4 sides. Step 2: We know that the perimeter of a rectangle is equal to the sum o...
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