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How are some plants able to fix gaseous nitrogen from the atmosphere?

Leguminous plants have nodules on their roots that contain, symbiotic bacteria. These bacteria are capable of turning gaseous nitrogen ultimately to nitrate, which the plant can then use in order to synthesi...
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Is there an easy formula for creating compound tenses?

For your French GCSE you will be expected to be able to recognise and create two compound tenses: the perfect tense and the pluperfect tense. The perfect tense is used to describe a single completed action i...
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Find the set of values for which x^2 - 7x - 18 >0

To see where the graph is greater than zero, we start by finding where it meets zero. By factorising (x^2 - 7x - 18), we find it equals (x-9)(x+2). The expression equals zero at the points x = 9 and x = -2. ...
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Solve the simultaneous equations: y=5-x and y=x+1.

Since y is equal to both 5-x and to x+1, we know that 5-x is equal to x+1. We can write 5-x=x+1. Take 1 away from each side: 4-x=x. Then add x to each side: 4=2x. Divide both sides by 2: 2=x. Now we have x, ...
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Work out 51% of 400? (No calculator)

Finding 51% of 400 is the same as finding 50% of 400, and 1% of 400, and adding them together. Finding 50% of a number is the same as finding half of the number, since half of 100% is 50%. Half of 400 is 200...
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