Introduction |
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Part I: Getting Started |
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Chapter 1 Moving towards Mathematical Mastery |
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Setting up for study success |
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Grabbing graphs by the horns |
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Taming triangles and other shapes |
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Attacking Advanced Algebra |
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Picking over powers and surds |
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Sorting out sequences and series |
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Getting to Grips with Geometry |
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Conquering coordinate geometry |
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Setting up circles and triangles |
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Taking trigonometry further |
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Dashing off differentiation |
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Inspiring yourself to integrate |
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Chapter 2 Setting Yourself Up for Study Success |
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Getting Your Head On Straight |
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Sorting out your attitude |
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Coping when things go wrong |
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Quick-Fire Revision Techniques |
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Chapter 3 All the Algebra You Missed |
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The Brilliance of Boodles: Understanding the Order of Operations |
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Practising Your Power Laws |
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Knowing your squares, cubes and powers |
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Handling nasty fractional powers |
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Expanding Brackets and Simplifying |
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Expanding several brackets |
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Fiddling About with Fractions |
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Manipulating fractions with numbers |
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38 | (5) |
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43 | (1) |
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Dealing with simple fractions |
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Doing rougher rearrangement |
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Solving Simultaneous Equations |
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Linear simultaneous equations |
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Nonlinear simultaneous equations |
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Chapter 4 Shaping Up to Graphs and Shapes |
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66 | (3) |
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Sectors, arcs and segments |
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Part II: Arithmetic and Algebra |
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Chapter 5 With Great Power Comes |
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Rationalising simple denominators |
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Rationalising harder denominators |
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Learning to Love the Logarithm |
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Turning powers into logs (and vice versa) |
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Combining and splitting logarithms |
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Logs and numbers together |
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Logarithmic simultaneous equations |
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82 | (1) |
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Solving tricky logs questions |
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Making Sense of Euler's constant, e |
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Understanding that e is just a number (but a special one) |
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Converting between powers |
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Solving things with e in them |
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Watching out for booby-traps |
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Chapter 6 Playing with Polynomials |
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Following the basic method |
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Solving a quadratic by completing the square |
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Understanding where the quadratic equation comes from |
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Factorising and Solving Simple Polynomials |
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Taking off a quadratic's disguise |
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Dealing with discriminants |
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Finding the numbers of solutions |
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104 | (7) |
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Quadratic (and higher-order) inequalities |
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Discriminant-related inequalities |
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Chapter 7 Factors, Remainders and Fractions |
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Using trial and improvement |
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The prime directive: Getting the FACTs |
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Long (and tedious) division |
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Finishing off the question |
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Putting the Factor and Remainder Theorems Together |
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Cancelling first to get lowest common denominators |
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Understanding simplest form |
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Piecing Together Partial Fractions |
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Chapter 8 Getting Serious about Series |
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Explicit and Recursive Definitions |
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Explaining explicitly defined sequences |
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Getting your head around recursive sequences |
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Series Stuff: Summing Up Sigma Notation |
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Analysing Arithmetic Sequences |
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132 | (1) |
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Generating Geometric Sequences |
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Proving the arithmetic series sum |
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142 | (1) |
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Proving the geometric series sum |
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143 | (1) |
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Breaking Down the Binomial Expansion |
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Estimating with the Binomial Expansion |
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Chapter 9 Fiddling About with Functions |
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Putting the Tun' in Functions |
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154 | (4) |
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Nailing down the notation |
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Composing and Inverting Functions |
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Composition: A chain of machines |
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Inverses: Running the machines backwards |
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160 | (4) |
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Making Sense of the Modulus |
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164 | (2) |
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Handling inequalities with a modulus |
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165 | (1) |
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Solving for composed functions |
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Combining inverses and functions |
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Part II: Geometry |
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Chapter 10 Coordinating Your Geometry |
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The Many Equations of a Line |
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179 | (4) |
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The one you know: y = mx + c |
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The better one: (y — y0) = m(x — x0) |
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182 | (1) |
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Starter kit: Getting the basic shapes right |
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Trickier shapes: Sketching the advanced graphs |
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Intercepts: Crossing your xs and ys |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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Sketching with the DATAS method |
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Looking out for Bad Guy x |
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193 | (1) |
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Making friends with Good Guy y |
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The madness of the modulus |
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Combining transformations |
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Investigating Intersections |
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Where curves meet each other |
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Chapter 11 Making Sense of Circles and Triangles |
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Where the circle equation comes from |
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Rearranging circle equations |
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210 | (1) |
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Converting between radians and degrees |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Taking Care of Triangles and Segments |
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Chapter 12 Taking Trigonometry Further |
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Identifying Trig Identities |
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Relating trig functions with the basic triangle |
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223 | (1) |
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Relating the minor trig functions |
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Relating sine, cosine and tangent |
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224 | (4) |
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Taming Trigonometric Proofs |
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228 | (2) |
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Perfecting your proof techniques |
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229 | (1) |
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Clearing Up Compound Angles |
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230 | (6) |
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231 | (1) |
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R sin (x + a)-type questions |
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The formulas that don't come up but I have to mention anyway |
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Solutions: Gotta Catch 'Em All |
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236 | (3) |
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Why there are multiple solutions |
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237 | (2) |
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The Dirty Tricks of Trigonometry |
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242 | (3) |
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Chapter 13 Making Vectors as Simple as i, j, k |
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245 | (24) |
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Opening your i's, j's and k's |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Lines in 3D: Writing Equations in Vector Form |
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248 | (6) |
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Writing the equation of a line through two points |
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249 | (2) |
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Finding the equation of a line in a given direction |
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Showing that a point is on a given line |
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Determining where (and whether) lines cross |
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Dot Products: Multiplying Vectors |
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254 | (2) |
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Showing vectors are perpendicular |
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Finding angles between vectors |
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256 | (1) |
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Answering Evil Vector Questions |
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256 | (6) |
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Points on perpendicular lines and shortest distances |
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257 | (1) |
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Points at a given distance |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (3) |
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262 | (1) |
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Back to Normal: Picking Out Planes |
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262 | (9) |
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Plane intersections with lines |
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Part IV: Calculus |
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Chapter 14 Climbing Slippery Slopes |
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271 | (10) |
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Taking Slope to the Limit: What Differentiation Is |
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271 | (2) |
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Designating Derivatives: A Note on Notation |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (2) |
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Taking care of special cases |
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274 | (1) |
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Lining up linear combinations |
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275 | (1) |
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Differentiating Functions |
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276 | (2) |
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Looking at logarithms and exponentials |
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277 | (1) |
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Finding the Gradient at a Point (and Vice Versa) |
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Chapter 15 Touching on Tangents and Turning Points |
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Finding Tangents and Normals |
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282 | (4) |
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Working out the equation of a tangent |
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282 | (1) |
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Getting the equation of a normal |
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283 | (1) |
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Working backwards: Finding points, given a gradient |
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284 | (1) |
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Finding a tangent to a circle |
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284 | (1) |
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Stationary Points: Turning Curves Around |
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Finding stationary points with the first derivative |
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287 | (1) |
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Classifying stationary points with the second derivative |
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288 | (2) |
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Sketching the turning points of trig functions |
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290 | (2) |
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Increasing and Decreasing Functions |
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Turning Points in the 'Real World' |
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Handling 'real world' situations |
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Chapter 16 Integrating in Style |
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Opposite Day: What Integration Is |
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297 | (2) |
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Taking Care of Constants and Powers of x |
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299 | (2) |
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Accounting for mystery constants |
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299 | (1) |
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Finding the equation of a curve |
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Finding Your Way with Other Functions |
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301 | (1) |
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Looking Things Up: Integrals from the Book |
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302 | (1) |
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Taking away and adding on shapes |
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309 | (3) |
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Chapter 17 When to Reach for the Rules |
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Calculus with Linear Expressions |
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315 | (2) |
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Differentiating nested linear expressions |
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316 | (1) |
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Integrating nested linear expressions |
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316 | (1) |
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Differentiating with the Chain, Product and Quotient Rules |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (2) |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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Putting the rules together |
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324 | (1) |
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Exponentials: Tricky Derivatives |
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325 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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Integrating by Substitution |
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327 | (3) |
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Substituting: The basic idea |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (4) |
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Deciding which bit is which |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (2) |
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Integration by Trig Identity |
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334 | (3) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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Products of sine and cosine |
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335 | (2) |
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Deciding Which Integration Rule to Use |
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337 | (2) |
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Chapter 18 Overcoming Evil Questions |
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339 | (24) |
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339 | (8) |
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341 | (1) |
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341 | (2) |
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Converting to Cartesian form |
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343 | (3) |
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Integrating parametrically |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (4) |
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Finding points on an implicit curve |
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348 | (1) |
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Differentiating implicitly |
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348 | (3) |
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351 | (5) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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Practising parametric volumes |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (9) |
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Generating general solutions |
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357 | (2) |
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Picking out particular solutions |
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359 | (1) |
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More-involved differential equations |
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359 | (4) |
Part V: The Part of Tens |
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363 | (14) |
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Chapter 19 Ten Classic Mistakes to Avoid |
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365 | (6) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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Using the Wrong Angle Measure |
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367 | (1) |
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Falling into a Logarithmic Booby-Trap |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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Mixing Up the Bits of a Vector Line |
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369 | (1) |
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Losing Track of the Letters |
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370 | (1) |
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Chapter 20 Ten Places to Start When You Don't Know Where to Start |
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371 | (6) |
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371 | (1) |
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Sitting Up Straight and Breathing |
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372 | (1) |
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Making an Information Checklist |
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372 | (1) |
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Putting Information Together |
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373 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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Starting with the Ugliest Thing |
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375 | (1) |
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Asking, 'What Would Colin Ask?' |
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Index |
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