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What is the remainder when you divide 2x^3+7x^2-4x+7 by x^2+2x-1?

Before we answer the question let's compare the method taught for polynomial long divison to regular long division.If we wanted to find the remainder of 71 when divided by 3, we would find the nearest whole ...
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Answered by Jack M. • Maths tutor
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Given that y = 16x + x^-1, find the two values of x for which dy/dx = 0

Expected layout of answer in an exam: y = 16x + x -1 dy/dx = 16 - x -2 dy/dx = 0 implies that 16 - x -2 = 0this implies that 16 = x -2 16 = 1/x 2 16x 2 = 1x 2 = 1/16therefore x = +/- 1/4x = 1/4, x = -1/4 whe...
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How do I differentiate?

If we have the curve y=x 3 +3x 2 -7x+5, to differentiate it we firstly multiply x by its power, and then reduce the power by one.Therefore x 3 will differentiate to 3x 2 , 3x 2 will go to 6x and -7x will go ...
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Given y = 2x(x^2 – 1)^5, show that dy/dx = g(x)(x^2 – 1)^4 where g(x) is a function to be determined.

y=2x(x 2 -1) 5 dy/dx= 2(x 2 -1) 5 + 2x*10x(x 2 -1) 4 dy/dx=(x 2 -1) 4 (2x 2 -2+20x 2 )dy/dx=(x 2 -1) 4 (22x 2 -2)
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A small stone is projected vertically upwards from a point O with a speed of 19.6m/s. Modelling the stone as a particle moving freely under gravity, find the length of time for which the stone is more than 14.7 m above O

We want to find out the time during which the stone is above a certain point. As this stone is thrown upwards we know that the first time it passes this point it will be on its way up and when it passes the ...
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