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Explain how allopatric speciation can lead to the formation of 2 species from an ancestral species?

The ancestral species is split into two populations by a geographic barrier, which prevents gene flow. Mutations arise which causes genetic variation between the populations. There are different environmenta...
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Albumin (a globular protein) is a solute found in blood plasma. In liver disease, people cannot produce sufficient amounts of albumin. Describe and explain how this change would affect red blood cells.

The solute potential of the blood plasma would be less negative or higher. Higher solute potential = higher water potential. Water moves via osmosis from areas of high water potential to low water potential....
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Prove that (2*a^2 + 7a + 3)/(a + 3) is an odd number for any positive integer number, a.

We see that the numerator is a quadratic, so we factorise it to obtain: (2 a + 1)(a + 3)/(a + 3) = 2 a + 1 Since a is a positive integer, we know that 2*a + 1 will always be an odd number.
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Find the length of the hypotenuse if the right angled triangle's other two sides are of length 5cm and 12cm.

Use of a^2+b^2=c^2 must be included in the answer. Furthermore the numbers must be put in the above equation to give: 5^2+12^2=c^2 This must then be solved to give: 169^0.5=c The answer can be found without ...
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4x^2 + 8x + 3 can be written in the form a(x + b)^2 + c where a, b and c are whole numbers. Work out the values of a, b and c.

Factorise 4x 2 + 8x + 3 = 4(x 2 + 2x + 3/4) divide the coefficient of x by 2: 2/2=1 Now x 2 +2x = (x+1) 2 -1 2 = (x+1) 2 -1 Hence, 4((x+1) 2 -1+3/4) = 4(x+1) 2 -1 which is of the form a(x + b) 2 + c So a=4, ...
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