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How do I find the cartesian equation for a curve written in parametric form?

Reminder - a cartesian equation is written in terms of x and y (e.g. y = 2x + 3) while parametric equations are written with x and y separately in terms of t.

Example: Find the cartesian ...

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Answered by Alexis O. Maths tutor
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Finding stationary points

Finding stationary points.

You can find stationary points on a curve by differentiating the equation of the curve and finding the points at which the gradient func...

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Answered by Jessica F. Maths tutor
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How do you integrate xcos(x)?

Using integration by parts: split xcos(x) into x multiplied by cos(x). Differentiating x gives 1 and integrating cos(x) gives sin(x). The integral of xcos(x) can therefore be rewritten as xsin(x) - integr...

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How to integrate lnx by parts?

Integration by parts formula: ∫ udv/dx = uv - ∫ du/dxv dx

To solve this problem we need to use a trick by thinking of lnx as lnx1
So we can choose: u=lnx, dv/dx=1
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Answered by Ryan J. Maths tutor
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How do you find the inverse of a function?

So you are asked to find the inverse of a function f(x).
The inverse function is denoted by f -1(x).
To help with this we can use the identity f(f -1(x))=x.
Now,...

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