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Given y = x^3 + 4x + 1, find the value of dy/dx when x=3

To differentiate this equation, you must bring the power of each x term down to the front and reduce the power of x by 1, with constants disappearing:

dy/dx = 3x^3-1 + (41)*x

Answered by Florence H. • Maths tutor

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(a) show that 3/10 + 2/15 = 13/30 (b) show that 2 5/8 ÷ 1 1/6 = 2 1/4

(a) In order to add or subtract any fractions, they must first have a common denominator. For this example, I will take this to be 30. Looking at 3/10: in order to change the denomintor to 30, we must mul...

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How do one tailed and two tailed hypothesis tests differ

A one tailed test is when you are testing specifically for an increase or decrease- eg whether the probability of a person buying a product has INCREASED after a marketing change

A two tailed test ...

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Find the maximum point of the curve from its given equation: [...]

Firstly you would have to differentiate the equation to find the expression that describes the rate of change of the parameters relative to each other using the standard differentiation method. This invol...

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How do I divide fractions?

If you have a fraction divided by another fractions things can get tricky, but there is an easy way to avoid getting triple decker fractions! Have a look at this example: (1/2) / (2/5) = (1/2) x (5/2) = (...

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