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Since the equation for y is a composite function (applying one function to another function) we need to use the chain rule to answer this question. Firstly let u = x^2+1 . This allows us to write y = 2u^3...

Completing the square is a process used to put a quadratic curve into a particularly nice form. The form we want is y(x) = r(x+s)^2 + t for some numbers r,s, and t. A 'general' quadratic we would expect t...

To integrate this, we use the product rule. Think of it as intergrate [ 1 x ln (x)]. As by the product rule we chose one to intergrate and one to differentiate. We intergrate 1 to get x. We differentiate ...

Firstly, we need to look at completing the square. This is done by looking at the x^2-8x section of the equation. We need to find a way of converting it to the format of (x-a)^2. If you remember, when ...

Firstly, we must recognise that the equation contains two different trigonometric functions (sec() and tan()) and therefore we must rewrite one of these functions in terms of the other. Therefore we will ...