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Textbook chapter
PMT solutions
https://sites.google.com/view/mathematics-videos-geogebra/home/a-level-year-1/11-differentiation
Y1 Pure 12.1
Gradients of curves
Gradient of a straight line
Gradient of a curve
Y1 Pure 12.2
Finding the derivative
Differentiation from first principles
+G1:12,14 (easier examples)
Differentiate x^2 + 2x + 1 from first principles
Differentiate 4x^3 - 3x^2 from first principles
Y1 Pure 12.3
Differentiating x^n
Differentiate x^n, n a positive integer
Y1 Pure 12.4
Differentiating quadratics
Differentiating polynomials
Y1 Pure 12.5
Differentiating functions with 2 or more terms
Differentiating with fractional and negative indices
+G2-05 (dealing with indices)
Proof: sum rule for differentiation
Y1 Pure 12.6
Gradients, tangents and normal
Gradients of functions
Intro: tangents and normals
Equations of tangents
+G3-05 (eq's of normals)
Y1 Pure 12.7
Increasing and decreasing functions
Where functions are increasing/decreasing
Y1 Pure 12.8
Second order derivatives
Second derivatives
e.g. acceleration
Second derivative
test part 1
test part 2
Y1 Pure 12.9
Stationary points
Intro: stationary points
Examples of finding stationary points
Types of stationary points, part 1
+G3-14 (part 2)
Non-stationary points of inflection, example 1
Example 2
Example 3
+G3-22 (example 4)
Y1 Pure 12.10
Sketching gradient functions
Graphs of functions and gradient functions
Graphing the second derivative
Graphing f’(x) and f’’(x), example 1
Y1 Pure 12.11
Modelling with differentiation
Optimisation: rectangular fence problem
Optimisation: maximising volume of a box
Optimisation: maximising volume of a prism
Optimisation: minimising surface area of a box