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Firstly, differentiate the equation y=x³+3x²+4x+2 to find the gradient function. The gradient function is dy/dx and is found to be 3x²+6x+4 = f'(x) after differentiation. ...

If thinking about graphs, differentiation is the gradient, and integration is the area between the line and the axis. These operations are useful if we know values that are related through them, for examp...

x(x+2)>8 if and only if x^2+2x-8>0 if and only if (x+4)(x-2)>0. There are three cases: x<-4, -4 In the first case x+4<0 and x-2<0, so their product is positive: (x+4)(x-2)>0. Next x+4...

Since the quadratic has roots a and b, this means it can be fatored as 2(x-a)(x-b)=0. Expanding this out we get 2x^2-2(a+b)x+2ab=0 and matching the coefficients for the terms x^1 and x^0 we get a+b=-4 and...

That technique for calculating derivatives only works for polynomial terms, that is terms of the form x^n, where n is some number. Here though our variable x is in the exponent, and so th...