Paper 1 · Differentiation ⏱ Tested in 4 exam questions since 2020 Lesson 4 of 7

LCOL Differentiation 4: Using Differentiation to find the slope

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You’ll learn

  • Find the slope of a curve at a point: differentiate, then substitute the x-value
  • Read a positive slope as uphill, a negative slope as downhill

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