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Differentiation - Differentiation of functions defined parametrically

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  • Calculus Refresher
    A refresher booklet on Calculus
  • Cwrs Gloywi Calcwlws
    A Calculus Refresher. This booklet revises techniques in calculus (differentiation and integration). This is a welsh language version

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  • Parametric differentiation
    Instead of a function y(x) being defined explicitly in terms of the independent variable x, it is sometimes useful to define both x and y in terms of a third variable, t say, known as a parameter. In this unit we explain how such functions can be differentiated using a process known as parametric differentiation. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial)