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Edexcel A level Mathematics Statistics & Mechanics Year 2 Textbook + e-book
Greg Attwood | Ian Bettison | Alan Clegg | Gill Dyer | Jane Dyer | Keith Gallick
(2017)
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Book Details
Abstract
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: A level
Subject: Mathematics
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2018
This book can be used alongside the Year 1 book to cover all the content needed for the Edexcel A level Statistics and Mechanics exam.
- Fully updated to match the 2017 specifications, with more of a focus on problem-solving and modelling as well as supporting the large data set and new calculators.
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FREE additional online content to support your independent learning, including full worked solutions for every question in the book (SolutionBank), GeoGebra interactives and Casio calculator tutorials.
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Includes access to an online digital edition (valid for 3 years once activated).
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Includes worked examples with guidance, lots of exam-style questions, a practice paper, and plenty of mixed and review exercises.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Front Cover | ||
| Contents | ii | ||
| Overarching themes | iv | ||
| Extra online content | vi | ||
| Statistics | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: Regression, correlation and hypothesis testing | 1 | ||
| 1.1: Exponential models | 2 | ||
| 1.2: Measuring correlation | 5 | ||
| 1.3: Hypothesis testing for zero correlation | 8 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 1 | 12 | ||
| Chapter 2: Conditional probability | 16 | ||
| 2.1: Set notation | 17 | ||
| 2.2: Conditional probability | 21 | ||
| 2.3: Conditional probabilities in Venn diagrams | 24 | ||
| 2.4: Probability formulae | 27 | ||
| 2.5: Tree diagrams | 31 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 2 | 34 | ||
| Chapter 3: The normal distribution | 37 | ||
| 3.1: The normal distribution | 38 | ||
| 3.2: Finding probabilities for normal distributions | 41 | ||
| 3.3: The inverse normal distribution function | 44 | ||
| 3.4: The standard normal distribution | 47 | ||
| 3.5: Finding μ and σ | 49 | ||
| 3.6: Approximating a binomial distribution | 53 | ||
| 3.7: Hypothesis testing with the normal distribution | 56 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 3 | 60 | ||
| Review exercise: 1 | 65 | ||
| Mechanics | 70 | ||
| Chapter 4: Moments | 70 | ||
| 4.1: Moments | 71 | ||
| 4.2: Resultant moments | 73 | ||
| 4.3: Equilibrium | 76 | ||
| 4.4: Centres of mass | 80 | ||
| 4.5: Tilting | 83 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 4 | 85 | ||
| Chapter 5: Forces and friction | 90 | ||
| 5.1: Resolving forces | 91 | ||
| 5.2: Inclined planes | 96 | ||
| 5.3: Friction | 100 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 5 | 105 | ||
| Chapter 6: Projectiles | 107 | ||
| 6.1: Horizontal projection | 108 | ||
| 6.2: Horizontal and vertical components | 111 | ||
| 6.3: Projection at any angle | 113 | ||
| 6.4: Projectile motion formulae | 120 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 6 | 125 | ||
| Chapter 7: Applications of forces | 128 | ||
| 7.1: Static particles | 129 | ||
| 7.2: Modelling with statics | 133 | ||
| 7.3: Friction and static particles | 137 | ||
| 7.4: Static rigid bodies | 142 | ||
| 7.5: Dynamics and inclined planes | 147 | ||
| 7.6: Connected particles | 150 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 7 | 154 | ||
| Chapter 8: Further kinematics | 159 | ||
| 8.1: Vectors in kinematics | 160 | ||
| 8.2: Vector methods with projectiles | 165 | ||
| 8.3: Variable acceleration in one dimension | 167 | ||
| 8.4: Differentiating vectors | 171 | ||
| 8.5: Integrating vectors | 173 | ||
| Mixed exercise: 8 | 177 | ||
| Review exercise: 2 | 182 | ||
| Exam-style practice: Paper 3 | 187 | ||
| Appendix | 191 | ||
| Answers | 192 | ||
| Index | 207 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |