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Ten questions, one verdict per topic

Answer all ten without looking anything up. The result tells you, topic by topic, which lessons you may skip and which you should read.

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Ten questions. The result tells you which lessons you may skip.

1

What does the symbol \(dy/dx\) stand for?

2

A stone falls \(y = 5t^2\) metres in \(t\) seconds. What is its average speed from \(t = 1\,\text{s}\) to \(t = 2\,\text{s}\)?

3

On a position-time graph, the slope of the tangent at an instant gives

4

What is \(\dfrac{d}{dx}\left(4x^3 + 7\right)\)?

5

A body gains mass while it moves, so both \(m\) and \(v\) change. The net force \(d(mv)/dt\) is

6

What is the derivative of \(\sin 3t\) with respect to \(t\)?

7

Which function is its own derivative?

8

A particle moves with \(x = 2t^3\) metres. What is its acceleration at \(t = 1\,\text{s}\)?

9

At a smooth maximum of \(y(x)\), which is true?

10

A \(5\,\text{m}\) ladder has its foot \(3\,\text{m}\) from a wall, sliding away at \(0.8\,\text{m/s}\). How fast does its top slide down?