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Question 1

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
The effectiveness of each of the four combinations investigated is summarised in Table 1. It was found that a mixture of X and Y was most effective.
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Question 2

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
Newton's First Law states that an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
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Question 3

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
This experiment has shown that installing solar panels can significantly reduce energy use in houses in equatorial climates, both in summer cooling and winter heating.
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Question 4

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
One possible explanation for this result could be the variation in ambient temperature across the duration of the experiment.
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Question 5

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
Further study across a range of species is recommended to determine whether the results are valid for all mammals.
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Question 6

Where would you expect to find the following extract from a report? In the Results, Discussion, Conclusion or in another section entirely?
The objectives of the experiment, to test the validity of the new computational model by comparing it with empirical data, were achieved. However, the results show that there were significant differences between the two. For example...
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