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The Curve C has equation y = 3x^4 - 8x^3 -3. Find the first and second derivative w.r.t x and verify that y has a stationary point when x = 2. Determine the nature of this stationary point, giving a reason for your answer.

The first derivative is otherwise denoted by dy/dx.dy/dx = 12x^3 -24x^2.The second derivative is denoted by d²y/dx², otherwise known as the first derivative of the function dy/dx.d

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given y = x^2 - 7x + 5, find dy/dx from first principles

using the delta method for first principles derivation:
Define the differential: dy/dx = limit as h -> 0 f(x+h) - f(x)/h where f(x) = ysubstitute the equation into the differential: dy/dx = (x+h)...

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Express 4x/(x^2-9) - 2/(x+3) as a single fraction in its simplest form.

Please refer to the link below as I found it very difficult to demonstrate the answer and couldn't seem to access the whiteboard function.file:///C:/Users/exr854/OneDrive%20-%20University%20of%20Birmingha...

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How do I solve x^2 > 6 - x

To solve this question we want to find the range of values that x can be to make the statement true. First we must treat it like a normal quadratic equation and move all ...

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A circle A has equation x^2+y^2-6x-14y+54=0. Find a) the coordinates of the centre of A, b) the radius of the circle A.

The standard equation of a circle is in the form (x-a)^2+(y-b)^2=r^2, where the coordinates of the centre of the circle is (a,b) and the radius of the circle is r. Therefore, you must put the given equati...

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