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The principle states that, if any system in dynamic equilibrium is subjected to a change, a process will act to minimise the change to restore equilibrium.

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Firstly, what are we trying to achieve by differentiating a function? Differentiation allows us to compute the rate of change of a function at any point along ...

For starters, what exactly is Kepler's Third Law?

Kepler's Third Law states that the square of the time period...

The chain rule is most commonly seen in Leibniz's notatio...

The maximum/minimum of a function are the points where the first derivative (the gradient) of the function is zero.

So with a function of the form y=f(x), you must take the derivative (dy/dx) ...