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​Q20: Question – Paper 2 – June 2017

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20) 

The diagram shows part of the graph of    y = x² – 2x + 3

a) By drawing a suitable straight line, use your graph to find estimates for the solutions of x² – 3x – 1 = 0

[2 marks]
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P is the point on the graph of y = x² – 2x + 3 where x = 2

 

b) Calculate an estimate for the gradient of the graph at the point P.

[3 marks]

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