Mathematics A-Level
Gradient at a point
What Gradient at a point means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Gradient at a point
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Found by substituting the x-coordinate into dy/dx.
Topics that use Gradient at a point
- Differentiation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Chain rule
- Composite function
- connected rates of change
- Derivative
- differentiation from first principles
- Implicit differentiation
- Increasing and decreasing functions and points of inflection
- Modelling real situations with derivatives
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