Reciprocal Trig Functions - Definitions What are the reciprocal trigonometric functions? There are three reciprocal trig functions corresponding to the three regular trig functions Cotangent can al...
Using Log Graphs in Modelling What are log graphs? Log graphs are used when the scale of a graph increases or decreases exponentially It can very difficult to read specific values from graphs with ...
Using Exps & Logs in Modelling What is exponential modelling? Exponential modelling is where real-life situations are modelled using exponential growth and decay Exponential growth is typically...
Exponential Growth & Decay What are exponential growth and exponential decay? y = Aekt is exponential growth y = Ae-kt is exponential decay k > 0 so plus or minus sign in equation immediatel...
Exponential Equations What are exponential equations? An equation where the unknown is a power In simple cases the solutions can be “spotted” How do I solve exponential equations? Laws of Indices a...
Laws of Logarithms What are the laws of logarithms? There are many laws or rules of indices, for example am x an = am+n (am)n = amn There are equivalent laws of logarithms (for a > 0) There are ...
Derivatives of Exponential Functions What is the derivative of e? y = ex has the particular property ie for every real number x, the gradient of y = ex is also equal to ex (see Derivatives of Expon...
"e" Exponential Function What is e, the exponential function? The exponential function is y = ex e is an irrational number e ≈ 2.718 As with other exponential graphs y = ex passes through (0, 1) ha...
Logarithmic Functions Logarithmic functions a = bx and log b a = x are equivalent statements a > 0 b is called the base Every time you write a logarithm statement say to yourself what it means l...
