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How do you differentiate X to the power of a?

To differentiate X a , where a is any real number, you multiply X by a, and subtract 1 from the power. i.e. d(X a )/dX=aX a-1
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x^2 + y^2 + 10x + 2y - 4xy = 10. Find dy/dx in terms of x and y, fully simplifying your answer.

x 2 + y 2 + 10x + 2y - 4xy = 10 Start by differentiating both sides by x, the terms not containing y are differentiated normally, x 2 becomes 2x, 10x becomes 10, and 10 becomes 0. For the y 2 term, by implic...
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Given that y = exp(2x) * (x^2 +1)^(5/2), what is dy/dx when x is 0?

y = e 2x (x 2 +1) 5/2 The first step is to calculate dy/dx. We can do this by splitting y into two parts and using the chain rule of differentiation: y = uv where u = e 2x and v = (x 2 +1) 5/2 . We now diffe...
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Two lines have equations r = (1,4,1)+s(-1,2,2) and r = (2,8,2)+t(1,3,5). Show that these lines are skew.

Recall that for two lines to be skew they must satisfy two conditions: 1) They must not be parallel. 2) They must not intersect. We shall check each condition individually. Condition 1 The general vector equ...
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How do you find the minimum of the equation sin^2(x) + 4sin(x)?

The first step to solving this problem is to treat it as a normal quadratic equation; if you are struggling with comparing our equation to a normal quadratic, try substituting sin(x) = y into the equation as...
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