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saltshaker

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Q15 (b)
should be easy enough
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dx/dt = t
dy/dt = 1/t
dy/dx = 1/t^2

but the answer sheet says -1/t^2 ? Where did they get a bloody negative?
 

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right after posting this just realised all tangents on your standard hyperbola will be of a negative gradient

but how was I meant to get that through calculus/algebraic manipulation?
 

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dx/dt = c
dy/dt = -c/t^2

.: dy/dx = dy/dt / dx/dt = -c/t^2 / c = - 1/t^2

As you can see, you've got so many things wrong.
what 'no parametrics in scope and sequence for yr11' does to a man
 

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