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Grade 12

What this lesson shows

Why learn derivatives at all? Here's the honest answer. A ball rolls, and its distance after t seconds is t squared metres. How FAST is it moving at 3 seconds?

Try it yourself

Real questions from this lesson's worksheets — answers below each one.

  1. d/dx 9x⁶
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    54x⁵
  2. f(x) = x² + x + 1. Find f'(1)
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    3
  3. f(x) = x² + x + 1. Find f'(2)
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    5
  4. d/dx 8x⁴
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    32x³

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