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    How does starvation affect carbon dioxide output in crickets?

    oops! i checked my results again and the third mean value was found to be 7.5 not 17.5! the fed vs. 48 hrs is non-significant and the fed vs. 96hrs is significant..
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    How does starvation affect carbon dioxide output in crickets?

    I performed a cricket lab on three groups of crickets: fully fed, starved for 48 hrs, starved for 96 hours to see how these conditions would affect their carbon dioxide ouput.. The results attained were: 19 (Fed), 22 (48 hrs) and 17.5 (96 hrs) <--measured in μl/min of carbon dioxide the...
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    What Should I Do After My First Year of Studying Sciences?

    Wow! Excellent job getting into all those great schools! (ps. I am from Canada too) Last year I applied to Queens, UfT, and McMaster for their Life Sciences and Health Science program respectively. When I got into all my choices with similar scholarships, I struggled with the decision until...
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    Help I'm Behind in High School Credits

    Hey Aisha! Don't worry. If you want you can go to another high school. (Especially if you are in a huge region like the GTA) People come in from various different areas and enter at different times. Trust me, age doesn't matter. People in my school sometimes had to stay back a year, but no...
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    How do frog legs affect jumping distance?

    i love bio jokes :) thanks monique
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    Calculating Volume Using Archimedes' Principle

    An object is solid throuhgout. When the object is completely submerged in ethyl alcohol, its apparent weight is 15.2N. When completely submerged in water, its apparent weight is 13.7N. What is the volume of the object? This is my attempt: Weight of object in ethyl alcohol [Woe]= (density...
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    Solving a Plank Problem: Find the Distance x?

    O i understand now...just because the question says just before the plank begins to tip, it doesn't necessarily mean that the plank is not raised above the support I get 0.7m if i don't use normal force for the left pillar which is a lot more reasonable..and the question becomes much more...
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    Solving a Plank Problem: Find the Distance x?

    i did use the right pillar for the equilibirum choice...the N i was using in the torque equation refers to the torque for the left pillar and that's why its (5- 1.1) 3.9 m away.. i think i might be doing something wrong for calculating the torque for the weight of the wood ..is it supposed to be...
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    Solving a Plank Problem: Find the Distance x?

    oh oh the diagram didnt work hmmm... the plank is supported by two supports, one at the very left edge and the other 1.1 m from the right edge, the person is a distance x from the right support on the way to the right edge
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    Solving a Plank Problem: Find the Distance x?

    Hi Im having some difficulty with this problem..i know I am getting the wrong answer but not sure why. Question: A uniform plank of length 5.0m and weight 225N rests horizontally on two supports, with 1.1m of the plank hanging over the right support. To what distance x can a person who...
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    Can anybody differentiate this to simplest formy=4/3+5cosx

    for 5cos(x) product rule may be useful
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    How to Get Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage to Island B?

    Capn' Refsmmat, you are only allowed to ask one of them one question, so if you asked how to get to the safe city both would point in different directions...so you can't be sure which one is the truth teller
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    How to Get Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage to Island B?

    sorry Gokul43201 i didnt realize that these questions had been asked or answered before and i know they arent original i just didnt know the answers so i asked..
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    How to Get Wolf, Goat, and Cabbage to Island B?

    I accept your challenge! 1) Three men go to a motel, and the desk clerk charges them a sum of $30.00 for the night (really cheap, i know). The three of them split the cost ten dollars each. Later the manager comes over and tells the desk clerk that he overcharged the men, since the actual...
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