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Prior learning 2
Topics 3
Topic 1—Algebra 3
Topic 2—Functions and equations 4
Topic 3—Circular functions and trigonometry 4
Topic 4—Vectors 5
Topic 5—Statistics and probability 5
Topic 6—Calculus 6
Prior learning
Area of a parallelogram A= b × h
1
Area of a triangle =
A (b × h)
2
1
Area of a trapezium =
A ( a + b) h
2
Area of a circle A = πr 2
1
Volume of a pyramid =V (area of base × vertical height)
3
Volume of a cylinder V = πr 2 h
4 3
Volume of a sphere V= πr
3
1 2
Volume of a cone V= πr h
3
Topic 1—Algebra
1.1 The nth term of an un = u1 + (n − 1) d
arithmetic sequence
log c a
Change of base log b a =
log c b
1.3 n n!
Binomial coefficient =
r r !(n − r )!
n n
Binomial theorem (a + b) n = a n + a n −1b + + a n − r b r + + b n
1 r
1
Area of a sector A = θ r2
2
3.2 sin θ
Trigonometric identity tan θ =
cos θ
3.6 a 2 + b2 − c2
Cosine rule c 2 = a 2 + b 2 − 2ab cos C ; cos C =
2ab
a b c
Sine rule = =
sin A sin B sin C
1
Area of a triangle A = ab sin C
2
v ⋅ w= v1w1 + v2 w2 + v3 w3
v⋅w
Angle between two cos θ =
vectors v w
∑fx
i =1
i i
x= n
∑f
i =1
i
5.5 n ( A)
Probability of an event A P ( A) =
n (U )
Conditional probability P ( A ∩ B) =
P (A) P (B | A)
Independent events P ( A ∩ B) =
P ( A) P ( B)
Mean E ( X ) = np
Variance Var (=
X ) np (1 − p )
6.2 Derivative of x n f ( x) =
xn ⇒ f ′( x) =
nx n −1
Derivative of cos x f ( x) =⇒
cos x f ′( x) =
− sin x
1
Derivative of tan x f ( x) =tan x ⇒ f ′( x) =
cos 2 x
Derivative of e x f ( x) =
ex ⇒ f ′( x) =
ex
1
Derivative of ln x f ( x) =ln x ⇒ f ′( x) =
x
dy dy du
Chain rule y = g (u ) , u =f ( x) ⇒ = ×
dx du dx
dy dv du
Product rule y =uv ⇒ =u + v
dx dx dx
du dv
v −u
u dy
Quotient rule y= ⇒ = dx 2 dx
v dx v
1
∫ x dx =ln x + C , x>0
∫ sin x dx =
− cos x + C
∫ cos x=
dx sin x + C
∫e d=
x ex + C
x
Volume of revolution b
from t1 to t 2
distance = ∫t1
v(t ) dt