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  • Answers for checking and feedback

Solving Cubic and Reciprocal Equations Graphically

 

Students learn how to solve cubic and reciprocal equations using graphical methods.

As learning progresses, they begin to identify the number of solutions possible from a pair of simultaneous equations.

Differentiated Learning Objectives
  • All students should be able to solve cubic equations graphically
  • Most students should be able to solve cubic and reciprocal equations graphically
  • Some students should be able to derive an equation that can be solved graphically by a cubic or reciprocal function
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Graphical Functions, Circles and Tangents

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