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Describe how a simple Reflex works.

Reflexes allow you to respond to a stimuli (change in environment). A simple reflex begins with a receptor which are found in sense organs and allow you to detect the stimuli. An example of a sense organ ...

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A Block of mass 2kg is on an a smooth inclined plane where sin@ = 3/5 at point A. Point B is 5 meters down the incline. Find the time it will take for the block to reach point given it is at rest at point A.

So to start with draw a free body diagram of a block on the slope at point A with the forces acting on it which will be the downward force of mass x g (2g) due to gravity and the reaction force 2gcos@. Th...

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(AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 - Creative Writing) Write a story with the title, 'The Holiday'. [40 marks]

I never wanted to be here in the first place. After two trains, three buses and hours of car journey we find ourselves in the middle of nowhere. Yesterday we arrived late evening and the whole family was ...

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Why is the definite integral between negative limits of a function with positive values negative even though the area bound by the x-axis is positive? for example the integral of y=x^2 between x=-2 and x=-1

Referring back to the definition of an integral, it is the sum of small elements on the x-axis (dx) multiplied by the value of the function at that point (y) commonly expressed as the sum of ydx. Since x ...

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what is electronegativity and explain the trend in electronegativity as we go down the group?

Electronegativity is the power of an atom to attract electrons in a covalent bond towards itself. As we go down the group, electronegativity decreases because the atomic radii increases. The atomic radii ...

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