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Hi! Just your casual answerer who loves to help out and tell it like it is. I do a lot of math and ask a lot of questions about it, which is awful. I like all things James Bond and love being pumped up.

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    2 AnswersSoftware8 years ago
  • Connecting guest account on Halo 4 Split screen Xbox Live?

    I'm trying to connect the guest account so I can play split screen Xbox live matchmaking, however the guest account doesn't work. It displays the message 'requires a valid xbox live account' for the guest, my account is valid and can play perfectly well on its own, but it poops itself when I try to connect this guest. How do I fix this?

    Thanks.

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  • What sort of exercise should you do if you have a high resting heart rate?

    I'm not sure if static exercise (weight lifting) or dynamic (jogging) exercise would be more beneficial or less risky for someone with a high resting heart rate.

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    2 AnswersMedicine9 years ago
  • Blood on articular cartilage in joints?

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    1 AnswerMedicine9 years ago
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  • What is a Pairwise combination in genetics?

    I'm not sure what it's referring to, I think it has something to do with creating a pair of mutant alleles, and example that I'm talking about is: "Coinfect E coli with all pairwise combination of the M13-10 mutant and the other nine M13 mutants at a high multiplicity".

    What does this pairwise combinations business mean? Thanks very much!

    1 AnswerBiology9 years ago
  • What does a Pairwise Combination refer to in genetics?

    I'm not sure what it's referring to, I think it has something to do with creating a pair of mutant alleles, and example that I'm talking about is: "Coinfect E coli with all pairwise combination of the M13-10 mutant and the other nine M13 mutants at a high multiplicity".

    What does this pairwise combinations business mean? Thanks very much!

    1 AnswerBiology9 years ago
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    Thanks guys!

    Software9 years ago
  • Genetic Questions, Allele frequencies?

    The human rhesus blood group system is controlled by two alleles (D and d) of a single autosomal locus. The phenotype of the D allele, rhesus positive, is dominant. A population sample contains 75 rhesus positive and 25 rhesus negative individuals. Estimate the frequency of the D allele and then select the correct value from those listed below.

    A: 0.25

    B: 0.33

    C: 0.50

    D: 0.75

    2 AnswersBiology9 years ago
  • Reliability question with probability?

    A nuclear power station's cooling system is powered by a generator which has a reliability value of 0.999, if this fails, there is a second generator with a reliability value of 0.890. What is the reliability of the cooling at the power plant?

    It's been a really long time since I've done questions like this (I'm tutoring), can anyone tell me how to do this? I know it has something to do with the probability of it failing initially is 0.001 and then the probability of the other one failing is 0.11 or whatever, but I'm not sure how to write this out.

    At the end of the day I said that anything with a reliability value of 0.999 is going to work, but the girl i tutor wasn't too happy with that answer.

    1 AnswerMathematics9 years ago
  • Quesiton about Folic acid antagonists?

    Why do some folic acid antagonists (eg: sulphonamides) exhibit selective toxicity for bacteria?

    A: Most bacteria do not require folic acid for growth

    B: Most bacteria are unable to synthesise folic acid

    C: Humans are unable to synthesise folic acid

    D: Humans do not possess hydrofolate reductase

    I'm not sure what a folic acid antagonist is, or basically anything about this question. I've already been through my lecture notes, and know that humans can make folic acid and they have dihydrofolate reductase (since that's how they make it) and that only some bacteria are able to synthesise folic acid, I think the answer is A, since I think most bacteria can't make folic acid but grow just fine so they can't make it and don't require it.. for growth... Between A and B is where I'm confused.

    Can someone help me out with this please?

    1 AnswerBiology9 years ago
  • Tertiary Level Genetics Question?

    In carrots the normal color of the root is orange. Two true breeding variant strains have been observed both of which produce yellow roots. When these true breeding strains are crossed together the resulting F1 progeny all possess orange roots. When these F1 progeny are selfed, the resulting progeny are in the ratio of 9:7 orange to yellow.

    Can anyone explain to me how this happens? I know that the homozygotes are the yellow while the heterozygotes are the orange, but I'm not sure what the gametes in the F1 cross are then. There's probably something silly I'm overlooking.

    1 AnswerBiology9 years ago
  • Enzyme Kinetics Question, Beer Lambert Law?

    Calculate the amount of LDH activity (U) in a 3.0 ml assay and a 1.0 cm cuvette that yields A = 0.20 min-1. (Note: Epsilon340nm of NADH = 6220 M-1cm-1).

    So I Know that Beer Lambert is Delta A = Epsilon x Delta C x l, And I've turned it to C = A/epsilon.l and turned epsilon to 6.2 mM and stuff. I plug my stuff in and get 0.032 microM per min, I don't even know if this is right, or what to do with it next.

    Can anyone help me out please?

    2 AnswersChemistry9 years ago
  • Help with dark elf boss in final fantasy 4 ds?

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    3 AnswersVideo & Online Games9 years ago
  • How to put static over my logic pro project?

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    1 AnswerOther - Computers9 years ago
  • How can I get an eastpak backpack posted to me?

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    1 AnswerOther - Outdoor Recreation9 years ago
  • How do I find the roots of this complex exponential?

    How do I find the roots to this:

    z^3+2 z^2+3 z+2 = 0

    I just can't work out how I should start it is the main issue. Answers are apparently

    -1, -1/2+/-sqrt(7)/2.

    2 AnswersMathematics10 years ago
  • Complex Numbers Problem?

    I was asked to express (-1/sqrt(2)+i×1/sqrt(2))^15 in cartesian form, so I switched it to polar form as (1/2^15)(e^(i45pi/4) I then broke that down into cartesian form but in the answers it has -(1+i)/sqrt(2). But where does the (1/2)^15 go? It just seems to have disappeared which doesn't make sense.

    3 AnswersMathematics10 years ago
  • Application of Calculus?

    A particle is moving along the curve y=x^2/(1+x'), where both x and y are functions of time. Express the rate of change dy/dt in terms of the rate of change dx/dt.

    I really don't know how I'm supposed to incorporate t into this, I looked at the answer also and it shows dy/dt=(x^2+2x)/(1+x^2)^2dx/dt, and I have no idea where they got that extra x^2 from on the numerator. I think it has something to do with x'? Except I don't know what x' is... This question has been a total fiasco. Can anybody please help me?

    3 AnswersMathematics10 years ago
  • Application of Calculus?

    Determine the maximum possible area of a rectangle which has its bottom left vertex at the origin and its top right vertex on the ellipse: x^2/25 +y^2/16 = 1.

    I thought this was happening, then I checked the answer and was wrong... quite wrong. The answer is apparently 10 units sq. when x = 5/sqrt(2).

    4 AnswersMathematics10 years ago