Further math notes
Projectile motion
𝑥 = 𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ 𝑡
2
𝑔𝑡
𝑦 = 𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 𝑡 − 2
𝑣𝑥 = 𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑣𝑦 = 𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ − 𝑔𝑡
2
𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛2θ
𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 𝑔
2𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 = 𝑔
2 2
𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ
ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = 2𝑔
Partial fractions
𝑝𝑥+𝑞 𝐴 𝐵
(𝑥+ɑ)(𝑥+𝑏)
= 𝑥+ɑ
+ 𝑥+𝑏
𝑝𝑥+𝑞 𝐴 𝐵
2 = 𝑥+ɑ
+ 2 also applies when there are other factors in the denominator
(𝑥+ɑ) (𝑥+ɑ)
2
𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞𝑥 + 𝑟 𝐴 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶
2 = 𝑥+ɑ
+ 2
(𝑥+ɑ)(𝑥 +𝑏) 𝑥 +𝑏
𝑓(𝑥) 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑔(𝑥)
= 𝑞𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 + 𝑔(𝑥)
Vectors
Area of parallelogram = |𝑎 × 𝑏|
Volume of parallelopiped = |(𝑎 × 𝑏) · 𝑐|
Volume of tetrahedron = ⅙ of parallelopiped
| (𝑚1×𝑚2) · (𝑎1− 𝑎2) |
Shortest distance between 2 skew lines || |
|
||𝑚 ×𝑚 ||
| | 1 2| |
Angle between a line and a plane. 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ = |
| 𝑛 · 𝑚 ||
| |𝑛||𝑚| |
| 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐𝑧 −𝑑 |
Shortest distance between a point and a plane | |
| 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐2 |
Further math notes
−𝑏
𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 𝑎
𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 = (− 1) × 𝑎
Numerator sign alternates with expression
𝑓(𝑥)
𝑦= 𝑔(𝑥)
vertical asymptote - equate denominator to 0
𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓. 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟
Improper rational - horizontal asymptote =
𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓. 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟
For deg(f(x)) = deg(g(x)) + 1 = irrational, no horizontal asymptote
Oblique asymptote = numerator/denominator
Find discriminant of quadratic of graph in terms of y, plot and where y>0 is the range of the graph
For deg(f(x)) > deg(g(x)) + 1 = irrational, no horizontal or oblique asymptote
1
𝑓(𝑥)
Vertical asymptote Old x intercept
Horizontal asymptote Reciprocal of old horizontal asymptote
X intercept Old vertical asymptote
Y intercept Reciprocal of old y intercept
Skew symmetric matrix. -A = A-1
Invariant lines pass through (0,0)
Area of image = area of shape x determinant
Clockwise/anticlockwise rotation
cos sin cos -sin
-sin cos sin cos
0 1 0 -1
Reflection in y = x/ y=-x
1 0 -1 0
k 0 k 0 1 0
0 k 0 1 0 k
enlargement /stretch along x/y axis
1 k 1 0
0 1 k 1
Shear parallel to x/y axis