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How does integration work?

There are a few different types of integration, the most common being Riemann integration.

Riemann integration allows you to find the area under the graph of a function between two...

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How do you take the derivative of a^x ?

There are two ways you can take the derivative of a^x.

1) 

Let y = a^x    now we're trying to find dy/dx

2)

ln(y) = xln(a)    take logs of both s...

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How do I use numerical methods to find the root of the equation F(x) = 0?

Generally you will be asked to find the root of an equation of the form F(x) = 0. In my answer below I will only touch on graphical methods, but will go into deeper detail on showing that a root lays in a...

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Answered by Mathew V. Maths tutor
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Simplify (7+sqrt(5))/(sqrt(5)-1), leaving the answer in the form a+b*sqrt(5)

Step 1 - Identify the difference between the required form of the answer and the expression to be simplified: 

It can be...

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Answered by Ian R. Maths tutor
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C1 - Simplifying a fraction that has a root on the denominator

(7+√5)/(√5-1) 

In this example we are given (√5-1) as our denominator, and we want to simplify this complex fraction into the form a + b√5. 

In order to do this our first st...

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Answered by Claudia M. Maths tutor
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