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Tutorials
- Animated maximum and minimum demonstration
A slide series that presents five examples of maximum and minimum problems. - Application of indefinite integrals
A presentation using velocity-displacement on the application of anti-derivative / indefinite integral (Flash)
Assessment
- A set of HSC past papers & advice on the examination
Hints and answers from past exam papers (formerly '2 Unit'), and past articles from Sydney Morning Herald advice to students. - Practice in setting up max/min applications
Four advanced level problems, with solutions and links to tutorials that model the solving of real world problems.
Resources
- Maximum problem using Sketchpad
The presentation of three optimisation problems, that integrate graphical and analytical methods of solving problems on maxima and minima. (Think centimetres!)