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Name the 5 stages of mitosis in order

I remember using this handy mnemonic: "IPMAT". I nterphase P rophase M etaphase A naphase T elophase It may be useful to you to write this down straight away on an extra piece of paper at the start...
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What mass of carbon dioxide is produced from burning 100 grams of ethanol in oxygen according to this reaction: C2H5OH + 3 O2 --> 2 CO2 + 3 H2O

When approaching a question like this I always find it easier to write out the equation with the known quantities written underneath each individual compound. This allows us to easily check whether the equat...
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Q: How to solve the simultaneous equations 3x+2y=7 and 5x+y=14

When solving simultaneous equations you are aiming to use both equations together to find out the value of x and y for values that with ‘fit’ in each equation. 3x + 2y = 7 5x + y = 14 If we subtract these eq...
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Some problems are intractable. What does it mean for a problem to be described as intractable?

An intractable problem is a problem that is solvable, but not in polynomial time or less. Such problems cannot be solved in time considered to be reasonable (i.e. not solvable quick enough to be 'useful').
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Explain how the even parity system works when transmitting ASCII codes. Include a description of the roles of the sending device and the receiving device during transmission.

The sender's role is to add the parity bit . ASCII characters are represented using a 7-bit binary string. A parity bit is added to the beginning of the binary string (i.e. at the most significant bit, or MS...
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