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How many sociological schools of thought should I discuss in a typical essay?

Generally, while this differs in term of exam board specification and type of question, two or three as focal points seems to be a fairly good rule of thumb. Any more prevents adequate discussion and means y...
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Answered by Rosa B. • Sociology tutor
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How can I find the frequency of genotype Bb in a population given that the frequency of BB is 0.49? (Where B = dominant allele, b = recessive allele on the same gene).

The proportion of the population with genotype Bb can be calculated using the two equations of the Hardy-Weinberg principle. These equations are: p + q = 1 where: p = frequency of the dominant allele (B) q =...
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What are public goods and how do they lead to the 'free-rider' problem?

A pure public good is a good that is consumed collectively; it is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous. These two main characteristics mean that people can't be stopped from consuming the good, and that one...
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Answered by Mathew C. • Economics tutor
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Why do volcanoes form?

The primary ingredient for a volcano is magma. Magma is what we call melted rock. When rocks melt at depth they become less dense than the solid rocks around them and therefore they rise to the surface of th...
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Answered by Jake L. • Geology tutor
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What is DNA made of?

DNA is made of small subunits called bases that join together to form a long chain. The bases in each chain join to the bases in another chain to form a structure that looks a bit like a ladder, with each ch...
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Answered by Ben N. • Biology tutor
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