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C4 further calculus parametric differentiation help needed!

about to upload my question now... think what i've done up to is correct just dont know where to go from where i am...
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Original post by AndyOC
about to upload my question now... think what i've done up to is correct just dont know where to go from where i am...


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Question 15
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Moved to maths.
Original post by AndyOC
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Question 15


Get a common denominator in each bracket, then multiply the numerators and denominators and simplify.
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If your second bracket is supposed to be dt/dx it's incorrect, you can't just flip the two fractions like that and get the correct result.
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Original post by Asurat
If your second bracket is supposed to be dt/dx it's incorrect, you can't just flip the two fractions like that and get the correct result.


how should it be written?
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Original post by AndyOC
how should it be written?


Common denominator then flip.

Try doing 1/(1/2 + 1/2) and see what happens if you don't simplify. Your way gets you 2 + 2

The proper way gets you 1
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Original post by AndyOC
how should it be written?


I'd personally make the two fractions a single fraction with a common denominator and then inverse afterwards, so have a go at that.
Original post by AndyOC
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^^take note of asurats post

take this example; x=3+2 \displaystyle x = 3 + 2 but 1x13+12 \displaystyle \frac{1}{x} \neq \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{2} , notice how you cant just flip both fractions like that


so score out the last line and get dx/dt and dy/dt both as a single fraction with a common denominator. btw your writing is really nice :tongue:

PS aren't you a fan of the quotient rule?
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Original post by DylanJ42
^^take note of asurats post

take this example; x=3+2 \displaystyle x = 3 + 2 but 1x13+12 \displaystyle \frac{1}{x} \neq \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{2} , notice how you cant just flip both fractions like that


so score out the last line and get dx/dt and dy/dt both as a single fraction with a common denominator. btw your writing is really nice :tongue:

PS aren't you a fan of the quotient rule?
is this correct?
Original post by AndyOC
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looks good to me :biggrin: nice job
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Original post by DylanJ42
looks good to me :biggrin: nice job


ah yeah i see it now, thank you!:biggrin:
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thank you everyone!:smile:
Original post by AndyOC
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You're supposed to remove the (1+t)^2 in the denominator

EDIT: opps, forget what I said. Thought that bottom answer was dy/dx and not dy/dt
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