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How do you avoid making silly mistakes in a maths exam?

In my experience practice makes perfect and the best way to do this is to immerse yourself with as much past papers as you can do. Maths is maths so don't be afraid to check other exam boards for their pa...

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The function f is defined by f(x)= 2/(x-3) + x - 6 . Determine the coordinates of the points where the graph of f intersects the coordinate axes.

If you look at a set of x,y-axes, and imagine any curve going through both axes (you don't have to be able to imagine what this graph of f looks like just yet). Now imagine the part of the graph that cros...

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A curve C has the equation y=5sin3x + 2cos3x, find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point (0,2)

Firstly, you need to differentiate the curve y. Using the equation dy/dx of sinkx= kcoskx, you need to differentiate 5sin3x first. So, as k=3 in this example, the answer is 5(3cos3x) which is equal to 15c...

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If x^2 + 4x + 3xy + y^3 = 6, find the first derivative.

This is an example of implicit differentiation. We differentiate with respect to x, remembering that y is a function of x. The terms without a 'y' differentiate as normal by the power rule nx^n-1

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A curve C with an equation y = sin(x)/e^(2x) , 0<x<pi has a stationary point at P. Find the coordinates ofP?

Firstly notice that to find a stationary point of a curve with an equation, the best first step is often to differentiate the expression. Then solve the equation for x when dy/dx = 0. In this case the y e...

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