Mathematics A-Level
Modelling real situations with derivatives
What Modelling real situations with derivatives means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Translating a written rate relationship into an equation containing a derivative, defining every symbol and keeping units consistent.
Topics that use Modelling real situations with derivatives
- Differentiation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Chain rule
- Composite function
- connected rates of change
- Derivative
- differentiation from first principles
- Implicit differentiation
- Increasing and decreasing functions and points of inflection
- Parametric differentiation
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