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Find the turning points and their nature of the graph y = x^3/3 - 7x^2/2 + 12x + 4

Answer = (3,17.5) maximum (4,17.33) minimum First differentiate y = x^3/3 - 7x^2/2 + 12x + 4 to find dy/dx. Now, at turning points dy/dx = 0 and factorise to find x when dy/dx = 0. Put x back into orginal eq...
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Answered by John S. • Maths tutor
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What is the method of doubt?

The method of doubt is a method developed by the philosopher René Descartes (1596 -1650) in his famous essay, Meditations on First Philosophy (1641). Descartes goal was to find a method which allowed him to ...
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Integrate (2x)(e^x)dx

Solve via Integration by parts: let u=2x and dv/dx=e x the function that is u and the one that is dv/dx is given by LATHE (easier to explain on whiteboard) make the table: u=2x => du/dx=2; dv/dx = e x =&g...
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Intergrate 15x^2 + 7

Using the intergarting rules, you would add a power then divide that new number to the coefficent so you would get 5x^3 and just add one x to the 7 and dont forget the c. So the end answer would be 5x^3 + 7x...
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How could I get more out of reading a poem?

Well, of course you will have been told about the various style devices of poetry, and what to look out for in studying a poem, but it is true that sometimes breaking a poem down into its component parts can...
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