Maths Formula Sheet
Maths Formula Sheet
Common Difference/Ratio:
𝒅 = 𝑎𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎𝑛
𝒓=
𝑎𝑛−1
Recursive Formulas:
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−1 + 1𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑟1 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−2 + 2𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−2 (𝑟 2 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−3 + 3𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−3 (𝑟 3 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−𝑘 + 𝑘𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−𝑘 (𝑟 𝑘 )
Mean (Average):
𝑎+𝑏 𝑴 = √𝑎𝑏
𝑴=
2
Infinite Sum:
𝑵/𝑨 𝑎1
𝑺∞ = |𝑟 | < 1
1−𝑟
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Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences Formula Sheet:
Arithmetic Sequence: Geometric Sequence:
General Nth term Formula:
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎1 (𝑟 𝑛−1 )
Common Difference/Ratio:
𝒅 = 𝑎𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛−1 𝑎𝑛
𝒓=
𝑎𝑛−1
Recursive Formulas:
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−1 + 1𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑟1 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−2 + 2𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−2 (𝑟 2 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−3 + 3𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−3 (𝑟 3 )
𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−𝑘 + 𝑘𝑑 𝒂𝒏 = 𝑎𝑛−𝑘 (𝑟 𝑘 )
Mean (Average):
𝑎+𝑏 𝑴 = √𝑎𝑏
𝑴=
2
Infinite Sum:
𝑵/𝑨 𝑎1
𝑺∞ = |𝑟 | < 1
1−𝑟
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Laws of Exponents – Formula Sheet:
Zero Exponent Rule:
𝑎0 = 1
Exponent of 1 Rule:
𝑎1 = 𝑎
Product Rule:
𝑎𝑚 ∗ 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚+𝑛
Quotient Rule:
𝑎𝑚
𝑛
= 𝑎𝑚−𝑛
𝑎
Power Rule:
(𝑎𝑚 )𝑛 = 𝑎𝑚𝑛
𝑛 𝑛)
𝑎𝑚 = 𝑎(𝑚
𝑎 −𝑚 𝑏 𝑚
( ) =( )
𝑏 𝑎
𝑎−𝑛 𝑏𝑚
=
𝑏 −𝑚 𝑎𝑛
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Useful Formulas for Factoring:
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Probability Formula Sheet:
𝑷(𝑨) Marginal Probability:
0 ≤ 𝑃(𝐴) ≤ 1
𝑃(𝐴′ ) = 1 − 𝑃(𝐴)
Addition Rule:
Multiplication Rule:
Independent Events:
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𝑷(𝑨⁄𝑩) Conditional Probability:
𝑃(𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴⁄𝐵 ) =
𝑃(𝐵)
𝑃(𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵)
𝑃(𝐵 ⁄𝐴) =
𝑃(𝐴)
𝑃(𝐴⁄𝐵) × 𝑃(𝐵)
𝑃(𝐵 ⁄𝐴) =
𝑃(𝐴)
𝑃(𝐴′ ) = 1 − 𝑃(𝐴)
Expected Value:
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Binomial Distribution: Probability:
1 1 √1 − 𝑝
𝜎 2 = ( − 1) 𝜎=
𝑝 𝑝 𝑝
𝑢 = 1⁄𝑝 𝑞 = 1−𝑝
Geometric Probability:
𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎
𝑃=
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎
Mean: 𝑢 = 𝜆 = 𝑛𝑝 𝑢𝑛 𝑒 −𝑢 𝜆𝑛 𝑒 −𝜆
𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑛) = 𝑂𝑅 𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑛) =
𝑛! 𝑛!
Variance: 𝜎 2 = 𝑛𝑝
𝑛
𝑢𝑛
Standard Deviation: 𝜎 = √𝑛𝑝 = √𝜆 𝑃(𝑋 > 𝑛) = 1 − 𝑒 −𝑢
[∑ ]
𝑛!
𝑥=0
𝑛
−𝑢
𝑢𝑛
𝑃(𝑋 ≤ 𝑛) = 𝑒 [∑ ]
𝑛!
𝑥=0
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Quadratic Equations:
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Logarithmic Formulas:
Product Rule: 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑥𝑦) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑥) + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑦)
Quotient Rule: 𝑥
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 ( ) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑥) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑦)
𝑦
Reciprocal Rules: 1
log 𝑎 = − log 𝑎 𝑏
𝑏
log 1 𝑏 = − log 𝑎 𝑏
𝑎
Rule 14: 1
log 𝑥𝑦 (𝑎) =
log 𝑎 𝑥 + log 𝑎 𝑦
Rule 15: 1
log 𝑥 (𝑎) =
𝑦 log 𝑎 𝑥 − log 𝑎 𝑦
Logarithm of Zero: 𝑙𝑜𝑔(0) = 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑
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Limits Formula Sheet:
Trigonometric Limits:
sin 𝑥 𝑥
lim = lim =1
𝑥→ 0 𝑥 𝑥→ 0 sin 𝑥
tan 𝑥 𝑥
lim = lim =1
𝑥→ 0 𝑥 𝑥→ 0 tan 𝑥
1 − cos 𝑥
lim =0
𝑥→ 0 𝑥
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝑥) 𝑥
lim = lim =1
𝑥→ 0 𝑥 𝑥→ 0 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝑥)
𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥) 𝑥
lim = lim =1
𝑥→ 0 𝑥 𝑥→ 0 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥)
sin(𝑥 − 𝑎) tan (𝑥 − 𝑎)
lim = lim =1
𝑥→ 𝑎 𝑥−𝑎 𝑥→ 𝑎 𝑥−𝑎
sin (1⁄𝑥 )
lim =1
𝑥→ ∞ 1⁄𝑥
sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥
lim = lim =0
𝑥→ ∞ 𝑥 𝑥→ ∞ 𝑥
Exponential Limits:
𝑥
𝑒𝑥 − 1
lim 𝑒 = 1 lim =1
𝑥→ 0 𝑥→ 0 𝑥
1 𝑥 𝑥+1 𝑥
lim [1 + ] = lim [ ] = 𝑒
𝑥→ ∞ 𝑥 𝑥→ ∞ 𝑥
𝑎 𝑥
lim [1 + 𝑥]1⁄𝑥 = 𝑒 lim [1 + ] = 𝑒 𝑎
𝑥→ 0 𝑥→ ∞ 𝑥
Logarithmic Limits:
ln (1 + 𝑥) 𝑎𝑥 − 1
lim =1 lim = ln 𝑎
𝑥→ 0 𝑥 𝑥→ 0 𝑥
Other Limits:
[1 + 𝑥 ] 𝑛 − 1
lim =𝑛
𝑥→ 0 𝑥
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Calculus 1 – Derivatives Formula Sheet:
Basic Derivatives:
𝑑 𝑑 𝑑
[𝒄] = 0 [𝒙] = 1 [𝒄𝒙] = 𝑐
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑
[𝒄 ∗ 𝒇(𝒙)] = 𝑐 ∗ 𝑓′(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
Trigonometric Derivatives:
𝑑 𝑑
[𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙] = cos 𝑥 [𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙] = − sin 𝑥
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑
[𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝒙] = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥 [𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝒙] = −𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 𝑥
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑
[𝐬𝐞𝐜 𝒙] = sec 𝑥 tan 𝑥 [𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝒙] = − csc 𝑥 cot 𝑥
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑
[𝒖𝒗𝒘] = 𝑢′ 𝑣𝑤 + 𝑢𝑣 ′ 𝑤 + 𝑢𝑣𝑤′
𝑑𝑥
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The Chain Rule:
𝒅𝒚 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢
= ∗
𝒅𝒙 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑥
𝑑
[𝒇(𝒈(𝒙))] = 𝑓 ′ (𝑔(𝑥)) ∗ 𝑔′(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
𝑑
[𝒇(𝒈(𝒖))] = 𝑓 ′ (𝑔(𝑢)) ∗ 𝑔′ (𝑢) ∗ 𝑢′
𝑑𝑥
𝑑
[𝒇(𝒙)]𝒏 = 𝑛[𝑓(𝑥)]𝑛−1 ∗ 𝑓′(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
Trig Derivatives:
𝑑 𝑑
𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝒖) = cos(𝑢) 𝑢′ 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝒖) = − sin(𝑢) 𝑢′
“With Chain Rule” 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑
𝐭𝐚𝐧(𝒖) = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 (𝑢) 𝑢′ 𝐜𝐨𝐭(𝒖) = −𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 (𝑢) 𝑢′
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑
𝐬𝐞𝐜(𝒖) = sec(𝑢) tan(𝑢) 𝑢′ 𝐜𝐬𝐜(𝒖) = − csc(𝑢) cot(𝑢) 𝑢′
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑢′ 𝑑 −𝑢′
[𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (𝒖)] = [𝒄𝒐𝒕−𝟏 (𝒖)] =
𝑑𝑥 1 + 𝑢2 𝑑𝑥 1 + 𝑢2
𝑑 𝑢′ 𝑑 −𝑢′
[𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 (𝒖)] = [𝒄𝒔𝒄−𝟏 (𝒖)] =
𝑑𝑥 |𝑢|√𝑢2 − 1 𝑑𝑥 |𝑢|√𝑢2 − 1
Exponential Derivatives:
𝑑 𝒖
[𝒆 ] = 𝑒 𝑢 ∗ 𝑢′
𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝒖
[𝒂 ] = 𝑎𝑢 ∗ 𝑢′ ∗ ln 𝑎
𝑑𝑥
Derivatives of Logs:
𝑑 𝑢′
[𝐥𝐧 𝒖] =
𝑑𝑥 𝑢
𝑑 𝑢′
[𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 (𝒖)] =
𝑑𝑥 𝑢 ln 𝑎
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Logarithmic Differentiation:
𝑑 𝒗 𝑣𝑢′
[𝒖 ] = 𝑢𝑣 [ + 𝑣 ′ ln (𝑢)]
𝑑𝑥 𝑢
Inverse Functions:
𝑑 −𝟏 1
[𝒇 (𝒂)] = 𝒇(𝒃) = 𝒂 𝒇−𝟏 (𝒂) = 𝒃
𝑑𝑥 𝑓′(𝑏)
𝑑 −𝟏 1
[𝒇 (𝒙)] = ′ −1
𝑑𝑥 𝑓 [𝑓 (𝑥)]
Limit Definition:
𝑓(𝑥 + ℎ) − 𝑓(𝑥)
𝒇′ (𝒙) = lim
ℎ→0 ℎ
Alternative Definition:
𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑓(𝑎)
𝒇′ (𝒂) = lim
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥−𝑎
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