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Outline how antibiotics offer protection from certain forms of infectious disease.

Ever since the accidental discovery of Penicillin by Alexandre Fleming in 1928, antibiotics have revolutionised modern medicine. Also known as 'anti-bacterials' they are used to treat often deadly bacterial ...
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“President Truman was a success abroad, but a failure at home.” Assess the validity of this view.

INTRO : Truman was President from 1945 to 1952, overseeing the emerging Cold War, in which he solidified American control of Western Europe and began the fight of containing communism - to good success. Howe...
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Differentiate y=(x-1)^4 with respect to x.

Using the chain rule, differentiate the "outside function" and the "inside function", and multiply the two results to get:dy/dx = 4(x-1)^3 * 1 = 4(x-1)^3
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Estimate (!) the number of atoms in the Sun given that it takes the light about t=8.3 min to reach us.

Use the following constants: light speed in vacuum c=3 10^8 m/s , gravitational constant G=6.67408 × 10^{-11} m^3 kg^{-1} s^{-2} and Avogadro's constant A =6.02214086 × 10^{23} mol^{-1}.Assuming that Earth m...
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When do I use Ser and Estar

'Ser' is used for: Descriptions, Occupations, Characteristics, Time, Origins and Relationships'Estar' is used for: emotions, physical or mental conditions, locations, positions and actions In general, 'ser' ...
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