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Cover the main differentiation skills for Edexcel A-Level Mathematics, including derivatives, tangents and normals, stationary points, and modelling.
Understanding the gradient of a curve at a point.
Methods for finding derivatives of functions.
Differentiating power functions using the power rule.
Differentiating quadratic functions and understanding their properties.
Differentiating polynomials and functions with multiple terms.
Finding equations of tangents and normals to curves.
Using derivatives to determine where functions are increasing or decreasing.
Understanding second derivatives and their applications.
Finding and classifying stationary points of functions.
Sketching the derivative function from the original function.
Applying differentiation to model real-world problems.
Work through each topic to complete the section.