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Tom is an expactant father who is worried that he will pass on his Haemophilia A, an X linked recessive disease, to his offspring. The mother is homozygous dominant. Explain why his 1st generation offspring will not be affected by the condition.

A recessive inheritance pattern means that 2 copies of the mutant allele need to be inherited for the individual to be affected. The disease is X linked, meaning the allele is only found on the X chromoso...

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Answered by Eilidh W. Biology tutor
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What does a compiler do in the context of programming?

A compiler's main purpose is to translate source code (code that we write in Java, C++ etc) into machine readable code. Think of it like a machine which takes our document of code and translates it into 0...

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Solve the following equation 3(2x -1) = 4(x - 2)

Firstly, we need to identify what this question is asking us to do. Looking at the equation we can see that we have one unknown value, which is x. It is therefore the value of x which we are being asked t...

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Answered by Oliver L. Maths tutor
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In what ways and to what effect does E. M. Forster explore the theme of class disparity within Howards End?

Upon the publication of Howards End in 1910, it was received with not only widespread acclaim, but a universal opinion that the complexity and vast social sweep of issues it dealt with constitute...

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Answered by Rebecca C. English tutor
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A bungee jumper of mass 160kg falls from a cliff. The bungee cord has a natural length of 5.0m and a stiffness constant of 3.0N/m. The air resistance is a constant force of 4.0N, what's the speed of the jumper when the total length of cord is 5.9m?

This is an example of an energy consideration problem involving work done in the context of a Hooke's law situation. Firstly draw a diagram to show what's going on. Then recall that the <...

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Answered by Caspar P. Physics tutor
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