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Understanding the Role of Subscripts in Chemical Formulas

Understanding the Role of Subscripts in Chemical Formulas

Though a simple component of any basic chemistry course, chemical formulas provide vital information about ions and compounds, and subscripts are just as important as the elements themselves. For example, the subscript and what it represents is what distinguishes the…

Calculating Area in Square Inches Note:

Calculating Area in Square Inches Note:

In mathematical terms, area is a way of measuring two-dimensional surfaces. For example, a square inch — the most basic unit of measurement for area in the United States — is literally a square that is one inch long by…

Attraction to Shiny Objects in Birds

Attraction to Shiny Objects in Birds

Even dedicated animal lovers may have their patience tested by one unusual aspect of the bird kingdom: the attraction some species of bird hold for shiny objects, such as jewelry. This attraction can lead birds to enter a house or…

Understanding the Diet of Giraffes

Understanding the Diet of Giraffes

Scientists have identified nine subspecies of giraffe that live in different areas and are differentiated by their different patterns. Color variations between the species depend on their habitat as well as their food source. Giraffes can range in color from…

Comparing Crickets and Cockroaches

Comparing Crickets and Cockroaches

When a small, brown-colored insect scutters around the dark corner of your closet or flees when you’re moving old boxes, you might wonder – was that a cricket or cockroach? Though they have a few distinct differences, crickets and cockroaches…

Metals That Are Attracted to Magnets

Metals That Are Attracted to Magnets

Three types of metals interact with magnetic fields: ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and diamagnetic metals. Ferromagnetic metals are strongly attracted to magnets; the rest are not. Magnets also attract paramagnetic metals, but very weakly. Diamagnetic metals repel the magnet, though the force…

Calculating Diameter Using Only Length and Width

Calculating Diameter Using Only Length and Width

Diameter is the length of a line touching two points on a circle that passes through the center. Diameter exists only for circular, or for circle-based objects like a sphere or cylinder, thus the width and length should always be…

How To Read Mm On A Ruler

How To Read Mm On A Ruler

How long is that line? How wide is that suitcase? Will that box fit on this shelf? Questions like that are one of the few things you can’t necessarily Google an answer to nowadays. But they can be solved with…

Calculating a Horizontal Tangent Line

Calculating a Horizontal Tangent Line

A horizontal tangent line is a mathematical feature on a graph, located where a function’s derivative is zero. This is because, by definition, the derivative gives the slope of the tangent line. Horizontal lines have a slope of zero. Therefore,…

Drawbacks of Using a Parallel Circuit

Drawbacks of Using a Parallel Circuit

In a parallel electrical circuit, the current splits into multiple branching paths. The multiple current paths come either from multiple power sources flowing to a single output, or one power source running to multiple outputs. The branching nature of the…