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Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y^3 - 4x^2 - 3xy + 25 = 0 at the point (2,-3).

This is an example of implicit differentiation where we have to consider both the y-terms as well as the x-terms. The first step is to deal with each term on the left hand side individually. This gives us...

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Differentiate with respect to x: (6x + 7)e^x

Product Rule: dy/dx (uv) = u'v + uv'
Let u = 6x+7 and v = e^x. Using simple disintegartion, u' is 6 and v' is e^x.
Therefore, answer is: 6e^x + (6x +7)e^x

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How do I integrate cos^2x with respect to x?

This can be a very tricky question if you do not know how to approach it. Our first instinct may be to try a substitution, but this gets us nowhere. In fact, the trick is to make use of the identity

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Point P on the curve, x = 2tan( y+ π/12), has a y-coordinate of π/4. Find an equation for the normal to the curve at P.

Step 1 - Firstly, we need to find the x-coordinate of point P. This will allow us to find the normal equation required in the question. To find the x-coordinate, we plug in the value of y given in the que...

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Integrate sin^2(x)

sin^2(x) is not one of the functions whose antiderivative is commonly known to us. When we see trigonometric functions our best bet is usually to think of some trigonometric identity we know. In this case...

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