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What is the main difference between negative feedback and positive feedback?

Negative feedback reverses a change in a variable that has moved outside of its normal range, whereas positive feedback strengthens it.
Negative feedback would decrease blood pressure, whereas positive feedback would increase blood pressure
Negative feedback is mainly used to maintain blood pressure. Positive feedback is used to maintain sugar blood level.
Negative feedback requires a stimulus and positive feedback does not.

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The answer is the first choice:
Negative feedback reverses a change in a variable that has moved outside of its normal range, whereas positive feedback strengthens it.

Feedback loops do not only apply to blood pressure. There are many examples from body temperature regulation to child birth to your AC unit at home.
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