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I don't understand anything 💀
I'll work through it first myself just to understand
But why differentiation btw?
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At one point the gradient is 0
When u differentiate it, the y value of it will be 0 because original function's gradient is 0, making the x easy to find.
This is called a critical point
Usually, u would use the second derivative to find the nature of the turning point (being a max)
But here since I already know a vague shape of the graph, I know that this will be the local maximum, so I only need to use first derivative
now that i have the x value by subbing in y=0, i can plug it into the original function to get the y value of the point as well yayyyyy!!!!
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Omg the water looks rlly nice 🤩😍


@NotBamboo I still don't understand 💀 😥
Idk everything much abt derivatives yet and all the first and second stuff and I don't know what's a local maximum is (do you mean like the turning point)

Also it's only like chapter 3 right you wouldn't really be using that yet right
 

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Omg the water looks rlly nice 🤩😍


@NotBamboo I still don't understand 💀 😥
Idk everything much abt derivatives yet and all the first and second stuff and I don't know what's a local maximum is (do you mean like the turning point)

Also it's only like chapter 3 right you wouldn't really be using that yet right
wait oopsies
second derivative is in 12 adv
intro to calculus should already be taught in 11 adv right?
like derivatives and stuff
critical point local max local min -> just think of them as turning points they basically are
 

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wait oopsies
second derivative is in 12 adv
intro to calculus should already be taught in 11 adv right?
like derivatives and stuff
critical point local max local min -> just think of them as turning points they basically are
My school hasn’t covered any calculus stuff yet
 

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Shouldn't have covered it yet
Ik all the tutoring kids have already done it bc they've been talking about it + doing some of their tutoring hw (am not part of the math tutoring gang - though I should probably get tutoring some time soon 💀)
Yeah I lowkey need math tutoring to but idk where to go cause I don’t want to go to a place that teaches a term ahead cause then I’ll have to catch up
 

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Do u go to a selective school or smth
Probably does
Learning a term ahead actually kinda helps bc then when you revisit in school you already have some understanding and it can be easier for you to relearn + apply concepts
Problem for me is the main tutoring near me is wayyy too pricey
Not sure about the smaller ones, and also matrix isn't that good for math apparently
 

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