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 Year 12 Mathematics B

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Chapter Eleven
Introduction to Differential Calculus

Additional Resources

Solutions to Problems (pdf)
This includes a hints page.

A Geometric Approach to the Product Rule (pdf)
This nice proof of the product rule promotes understanding of the rule.

Web Links

Put the Heart into Mathematics
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/912/cardiac/index.html

This activity explores the measurement of the amount of blood being pumped by a heart. The goal of this investigation is a rich exploration of rates of change and accumulation in context.

Java applets - Calculus
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/index.html

Sixty-four Java applets to support the learning of calculus.

Surfboard applet
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/doukan/doukan.html

This is one of the applets in the above collection.  It demonstrates the link between a function and its related gradient function beautifully.

Maths Online – Differentiation One
http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/galerie/diff1/diff1.html

Some lovely interactive applets that teach the introductory concepts of differential calculus.

Trigonometry and Calculus Problems of the Week
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/calcpow/solutions/

An archive of the Problems of the Week from Math Forum.  With answers!

MathServ Toolkit
http://mss.math.vanderbilt.edu/~pscrooke/toolkit.html

The MathServ Toolkit is a web-based interface with Mathematica, a computer algebra system.  Amongst other things, it can find limits and derivative functions.