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What is the pituitary and what role does it have?

The pituitary (or the hypophysis) is a gland located at the base of the encephalon. It's composed of three lobes: the anterior lobe, the intermediate lobe and the posterior lobe. These lobes produce hormones...
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3x+5y=7 and 9x+11y=13. Solve to find the values of x and y that satisfy both equations.

As there are two unknowns we have to eliminate either the x or the y in order to be able to solve. You can see that in the first equation the x value is a multiple of the x value in the second equation. Ther...
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Solve the following simultaneous equations: 3x - y = 1, 2x + 2y = 2

When we are asked to solve simultaneous equations, what we are being asked to do is find the point where two lines cross. In this case, where we are given two straight lines, there will only be one point whe...
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How can I improve my Spanish/language learning outside of the session?

One of the ways I did it (and I cannot stress this enough) is to completely immerse yourself in the culture of the language that you are learning. Taking Spanish as an example, you really want to be tuning i...
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Expanding a quadratic equation (x-3)(x-2)=0

Focus on the left hand side of the equation: (x-3)(x-2) These are two factors, basically that (x-3) is a number, and (x-2) is another number. (x-2)(x-3) is just showing that you're multiplying these numbers ...
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