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Solve the equation 8x^6 + 7x^3 -1 = 0

The first thing to recognise is this is a quadratic in disguise, therefore we can rewrite the equation in terms of a new variable y. Where y=x 3 The equation then becomes 8y 2 +7y-1=0 . We then factorise thi...
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Integrate sinxcosx dx

Since the question is a trigonometry question, we shall use integration by recognisation, in which case, we found out that the derivative of sin x is cos x.Therefore by chain rule, we can integrate the funct...
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Sketch the curve y = (2x-1)/(x+1) stating the equations of any asymptotes and coordinates of the intersection with the axis. As an extension, what standard transformations from C1 could you use on y=1/x to get this curve?

A good way to start with any of these questions is to guess what type of curve this is, and if that is too difficult then the next best thing is to find some points. In this case it is obvious that it is a h...
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Differentiate x^3 + 6x + 1

Though you are required to understand differentiating from first principles for the exam, questions such as this become quite straightforward once you know the trick. To differentiate all you have to remembe...
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differentiate with respect to x. i). x^(1/2) ln (3x),

From this we can see that equation has 2 parts therefore we should look to using the product rule which is used to differiantiate a two functions multiplied together so (fg)'=f'g+fg'. In this question the di...
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