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286 Index<br />

Degrees, 131<br />

Denary system, 30, 33<br />

Denominator, 6<br />

Dependent event, 241<br />

Dependent variable, 45<br />

Depression, angle of, 147<br />

Derivatives, 249<br />

standard list, 254<br />

Determination of law, 88, 117<br />

involving logarithms, 119<br />

Diameter, 174<br />

Difference of two squares, 70<br />

Differential calculus, 247<br />

coefficient, 249<br />

Differentiation, 247, 249<br />

from first principles, 249<br />

of ax n , 250<br />

of e ax and ln ax, 253<br />

of sine and cosine functions, 252<br />

successive, 255<br />

Digits, 9, 30<br />

Direct proportion, 8, 45<br />

Discrete data, 226<br />

standard deviation, 237<br />

Dividend, 38<br />

Division, 1<br />

Divisor, 38<br />

Elevation, angle of, 147<br />

Engineering notation, 19<br />

Equation, 47<br />

of circle, 178<br />

Equations:<br />

cubic, 100<br />

linear and quadratic, simultaneously, 75, 99<br />

quadratic, 69, 76, 95<br />

simple, 47<br />

simultaneous, 60–68<br />

Equilateral triangle, 134<br />

Errors, 21<br />

Evaluation of formulae, 21, 27<br />

Expectation, 241<br />

Exponent, 17–19<br />

Exponential functions, 107<br />

graphs of, 110<br />

Expression, 47<br />

Exterior angle of triangle, 134<br />

Extrapolation, 89<br />

Factorization, 41, 69, 80<br />

Factors, 3<br />

False axes, 89<br />

Formula, 27, 72<br />

Formulae:<br />

evaluation of, 21, 27<br />

list of, 266–269<br />

transposition of, 54–59<br />

Fractions, 6<br />

Frequency, 158, 226<br />

Frequency distribution, 230, 231, 232<br />

Frequency polygon, 230, 233<br />

Frustum, 186<br />

Full wave rectified waveform, 194<br />

Functional notation, 247, 249<br />

Geometric progressions, 222<br />

Geometry, 131<br />

Gradient, 83<br />

of a curve, 248<br />

Graphical solution of equations, 94<br />

cubic, 100, 101<br />

linear and quadratic, simultaneously, 75, 99<br />

quadratic, 95–99<br />

simultaneous, 94<br />

Graphs, 83, 94<br />

exponential functions, 110<br />

logarithmic functions, 106<br />

sine and cosine, 155<br />

straight lines, 83<br />

trigonometric functions, 151<br />

with logarithmic scales, 124<br />

of the form y = ax n , 124<br />

of the form y = ab x , 127<br />

of the form y = ae kx , 128<br />

Grouped data, 230<br />

mean, median and mode, 236<br />

standard deviation, 238<br />

Growth and decay, laws of, 113<br />

Half-wave rectified waveform, 194<br />

Heptagon, 166<br />

Hexadecimal number, 33–36<br />

Hexagon, 166<br />

Highest common factor (HCF), 3<br />

Histogram, 230, 231, 233, 236<br />

Hooke’s law, 45<br />

Horizontal bar chart, 227<br />

Hyperbolic logarithms, 103, 111<br />

Hypotenuse, 142<br />

Identity, 47<br />

Improper fraction, 6<br />

Indefinite integrals, 260<br />

Independent event, 241<br />

Independent variable, 45<br />

Indices, 14<br />

laws of, 14, 39, 265<br />

Indicial equations, 105<br />

Inequalities, 77<br />

involving a modulus, 78<br />

involving quotients, 79<br />

involving square functions, 79<br />

quadratic, 80<br />

simple, 77, 78<br />

Integers, 1<br />

Integral calculus, 247<br />

Integrals, 257<br />

definite, 260<br />

standard, 257<br />

Integration, 247, 257<br />

of ax n , 257<br />

Intercept, y-axis, 84, 86

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