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Differentiate the equation y = (2x+5)^2 using the chain rule to determine the x coordinate of a stationary point on the curve.

Use the chain rule as this is a composite function. Let u=2x+5.So the original equation becomes y=(u)^2.Using the chain rule: dy/dx = dy/du * du/dxdy/du = 2udu/dx = 2So dy/dx= 4uSince u=2x+5, dy/dx = 4(2x...

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How do you solve simultaneous equations?

There are two main methods:Substitution and elimination which can be demonstrated on the white board.

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Show that 2sin(x) =(4cos(x)-1)/tan(x) can be written as: 6cos^2(x)-cos(x)-2=0

Rearranging gives:4cos(x)-1 = 2sin(x)tan(x) Substituting in tan(x)=sin(x)/cos(x) gives:4cos(x)-1 = 2sin(x)(sin(x)/cos(x))2sin²(x)=4cos²(x)-4cos(x)Substituting in 2sin^2<...

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The General Form of the equation of a circle is x^2 + y^2 + 2gx +2fy + c = 0. Find the centre of the circle and the radius of the circle in terms of g f and c.

Given a circle in the general form you can complete the square to change it into the standard form.x²+ 2gx + y²+2fy +c = 0 (1). General form of an equation which has the completing...

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