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6 marksDifferentiation II

CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 2 · May/June 2008 (T&T) · Paper 2 · Question 1(c)(ii)b)

A curve C has parametric equations x = 3t^2 + 5, y = 2t^3 + 6t.

Show that C has points of inflexion at (8, 8) and (8, -8).

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