Hello Mr.Poliakoff, thankyou for this simple and direct video. Just started tutoring a kid recently so I often find myself re-touching some basics. You have been a big help :)
Glad to help. It is nice when a video I made for my students to draw along with in a lesson can benefit many more as a youtube video. I find that a video of what you actually do on the paper is so much more useful than a fancy powerpoint animation.
Oh so that's how you must position the ruler. I always did it from underneath the point rather than from above which is why I must be getting wrong measurements all the time. Thanks for the video!
Glad that the video helped. I made it for a class of 20 students I was teaching. It is pleasing that it has potentially helped a lot more on UA-cam as well.
Position the ruler so it touches the point but does not cross the line. If you still think there is a range of possible angles then go for the middle of the range.
The bigger the better to make it as accurate as possible. It should give the same answer regardless of size but if it is too small the error from reading the scale becomes significant. Mark schemes for exams often suggest students least half the size of the graph. I hope that helps.
If concentration of product then it would be slope of tangent. If concentration of reactant (which decreases with time) it would be the negative of the slope of the tangent to give a positive number.
You always draw a tangent to find the rate of change on a something-time graph. In this context the tangent means a straight line following the gradient of the curve at that point.
Hello Mr.Poliakoff, thankyou for this simple and direct video. Just started tutoring a kid recently so I often find myself re-touching some basics. You have been a big help :)
Glad to help. It is nice when a video I made for my students to draw along with in a lesson can benefit many more as a youtube video. I find that a video of what you actually do on the paper is so much more useful than a fancy powerpoint animation.
Thank you so much Sir, you explained this way better than my school teachers did :)
Straight to the point! Thank you very much sir❤ you deserved a sub!
Glad you found it useful.
This was the most helpful video I found for this, I have my chemistry exam tomorrow! :o
Glad you found it useful. If you have physics on Friday I have videos for vector resultant force and motion graphs which you might find useful.
@Simon Poliakoff I have a feeling that physics is on Friday so I'll check it out if so, thank you!
Thank you so much for this I was puzzled on a question in biology gcse combined science and this helped me a lot. Thank you
Glad you found it useful. If the x-axis is time the method will give you the rate of change of whatever is on the y-axis.
this is just what i was looking for. thank you good sir
You are most welcome. Good luck with your studies.
Thanks for the direct method!
You are welcome.
Oh so that's how you must position the ruler. I always did it from underneath the point rather than from above which is why I must be getting wrong measurements all the time. Thanks for the video!
Glad that the video helped. I made it for a class of 20 students I was teaching. It is pleasing that it has potentially helped a lot more on UA-cam as well.
Stampylonghead doing maths now???
(Not a rude thing but a compliment)
Glad you liked it.
Minecraft wasn’t raking in enough views
Life-saver!
I've a Chemistry exam tomorrow, thank you 😊
Good luck.
thanks for video, but how do i know what angle the ruler is at the tanget, it can be at the point but still different angles?
Position the ruler so it touches the point but does not cross the line. If you still think there is a range of possible angles then go for the middle of the range.
This was really helpful thanks ❤
Glad you found it useful.
How do I know how long to draw the tangent line ? Because it will alter my ends results
The exact length doesn’t matter. The gradient will come out the same but it is more accurate if you draw it longer.
how big does the size of the triangle need to be? does it matter if I make it big or small?
The bigger the better to make it as accurate as possible. It should give the same answer regardless of size but if it is too small the error from reading the scale becomes significant. Mark schemes for exams often suggest students least half the size of the graph. I hope that helps.
@@SimonPoliakoff thank you :)
@ You are welcome.
How would you do 30 seconds ? Do I just put a straight line or let it go straight through the lines?
The tangent line you draw in should just touch the curve at 30s but not cross it. Ignore any of the other tangent lines you gave drawn at other times.
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Thanks ...tomorrow...is my exam...just wanted have a glance on it before going further...god save me tomorrow..
good luck.
thank you sir saved my mocks
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In time vs concentration graph instantaneous rate equals to the 1) Area of graph. 2) X axis. 3) Y axis 4) slope of the tangent??
If concentration of product then it would be slope of tangent. If concentration of reactant (which decreases with time) it would be the negative of the slope of the tangent to give a positive number.
this is very helpful, thank you very much
Glad you found it useful.
thank you for this
You are most welcome. I made it to teach my students and now over 50k people have used it too!
Thanx mr
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omg stampylonghead ^_^
not just me who thought that lol
Thank you
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POV: leaving cert chemistry
When we use secant ?
You always draw a tangent to find the rate of change on a something-time graph. In this context the tangent means a straight line following the gradient of the curve at that point.
@@SimonPoliakoff thanks
bro you literally saved my life, thank youu🫶🏾
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thank you