Search our library of Maths A Level questions

Top answers

Maths

A Level

g(x) = ( x / (x+3) ) + ( 3(2x+1) / (x^2 + x - 6) ). Show that this can be simplified to: g(x) = (x+1) / (x-2).

Step 1: The denominator of the right-hand fraction is quadratic, so we can factorise this to (x+3)(x-2). This looks similar to the denominator of the left-hand fraction, suggesti...

Answered by Amar S. • Maths tutor

4839 Views

A curve has the equation: x^2(4+y) - 2y^2 = 0 Find an expression for dy/dx in terms of x and y.

First of all expand the brackets in the equation. Then you can differentiate each term with respect to x. As one of the terms will be a product of x and y the product rule must be used to find the differe...

Answered by Carlotta M. • Maths tutor

3527 Views

Prove that, if 1 + 3x^2 + x^3 < (1+x)^3, then x>0

(1+x)^3 = x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 1 (Can be calculated straight away by binomial method or by multiplying brackets individually)
if (1+x)^3 > 1 + 3x^2 + x^3then: x^3 + 3x^2 + 3x + 1 > 1 + 3x^2 +...

Answered by Vigneswaran T. • Maths tutor

14445 Views

Differentiate y = xe^(2x).

We want to find dy/dx. We find this using the product rule by setting the functions f(x) = x and g(x) = e^2x. With these functions, we can write the equation as y = f(x)g(x), so by applying the ...

Answered by Matthew L. • Maths tutor

24826 Views