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Broad Topics > Pre-Calculus and Calculus > Chain rule

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Quick Route

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What is the quickest route across a ploughed field when your speed around the edge is greater?

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Exponential Trend

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Find all the turning points of y=x^{1/x} for x>0 and decide whether each is a maximum or minimum. Give a sketch of the graph.

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Weekly Challenge 42: What's My Equation?

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Can you find the differential equations giving rise to these famous solutions?


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