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What is differentiation and what can it tell me?

Differentiation is something you can do to a function, to tell you about the gradient of the function. For your simple linear, quadratic, cubic, etc. equations, the process is the same every single time. ...

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Answered by Oliver P. Maths tutor
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A group of 44 pupils were asked if they owned a phone or a tablet. 5 people are known to own both 3 said they only owned a tablet 17 said they owned at least a phone A student is picked a random, what is the probability that the student doesn’t have

So in this question, there are 4 main people in this question; those who own ONLY a phone, ONLY a tablet, both a phone or a tablet or NONE. How do you think we could represent this information? Prompt stu...

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Answered by Niki C. Maths tutor
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Given that y = (3x^4 + x)^5, find dy/dx using the chain rule.

Let u = 3x4 + x
du/dx = 12x3 + 1
y = u5
dy/du = 5u4<...

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Given that f(x)= (4/x) - 3x + 2 find i) f'(x) and ii) f''(1/2)

This question is asking us to find the first order derivative of f(x) with respect to x, then the second order derivative when x=1/2i) Firstly, let's consider (d/dx)4/x:There are two ways to think about d...

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Answered by Verity B. Maths tutor
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Show me why the product of a squared and a cubed is a to the power of 5.

When we find the product of two terms that has the same base (in this case, a), we can simply add the powers. This can be explained using knowledge of squares and cubed. a2 = a...

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Answered by Leon M. Maths tutor
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