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What happens during eutrophication?

The addition of nutrients such as nitrate means that nutrients no longer limit plant growth.Algae begins to bloom which blocks out sunlight. As a result, plants cannot photosynthesise (or photosynthesis i...

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Differentiate the function y = 26 + x - 4x³ -½x^(-4)

dy/dx = 1 - 12x² + 2x^(-5)

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Why does as an excess of nutrients such as nitrates lead to animal death in bodies of freshwater?

This is an unexpected result as usually nutrients are considered beneficial to organisms. Some organisms do benefit enourmously from the nutrients, but this leads to the deaths of other. The high concentr...

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Consider an isosceles triangle ABC, where AB=AC=1, M is the midpoint of BC, and <BAM=<CAM=x. Use trigonometry to find an expression for BM and by finding BC^2, show that cos2x = 1 - 2(sinx)^2.

Consider the right-angled triangle BAM. We have the hypotenuse and an angle, and want to find the opposite side. Therefore, using SOHCAHTOA, sinx = BM/1, hence BM = sinx. Because M is the midpoint of BC, ...

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How is immunity developed after a primary infection by bacteria?

Phagocytosis - A phagocyte detects the bacteria has foreign antigens and so envelops it with its cytoplasm, packaging it into a phagosome via endocytosis. Lysosomes then fuse with the phagosome releasing ...

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