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How do you find the matrix corresponding to a transformation?

Let's say that T is a transformation of the two dimensional plane. Remember that we have the two standard unit vectors (1,0) and (0,1). These are, respectively, the unit vectors pointing in the positive dire...
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Explain the role of the pancreas in controlling blood glucose levels when they are too high.

Blood glucose levels increase after the consumption of carbohydrates. To answer this question, it is important to understand how the pancreas works. The pancreas is an organ that releases hormones - it is an...
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Answered by Krishna P. • Biology tutor
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How much velocity should a small toy rocket, weighing 10kg, acquire in order to escape the Earth's gravitational field? (Neglect any type of friction with the atmosphere)

Here, by equating the formula for the kinetic energy of the rocket to the gravitational potential energy, the student would realize after deriving the speed, that the its mass vanishes, therefore making the ...
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Find the general solution to the differential equation: d^2y/dx^2 - 8 dy/dx +16y = 2x

d 2 y/dx 2 - 8 dy/dx +16 y = 2x Auxiliary Equation: m 2 - 8m +16 = 0 (m - 4) 2 = 0 m = 4 (repeated root) Complimentary function : y = (A+Bx)e 4x Particular integral : try y p = ax + b dy p /dx = a d 2 y p /d...
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Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive condition. In a population, 0.04% of individuals have the disease. Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to calculate the number of carriers of cystic fibrosis.

Autosomal recessive means that 2 copies of a allele are required for the phenotype. The phenotype is the set of observable characteristics due to the genotype. In this case the phenotype is whether an indivi...
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Answered by Caitlin N. • Biology tutor
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