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Example Question #31 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of a function at the point ?
None of the above
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a function at given point.
We are given the function
and a point , so we need to find the derivative and solve for the point's -coordinate.
Using the Power Rule
for all nonzero , we can derive
.
Substituting the -coordinate , we have a slope:
.
Example Question #32 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of a function at the point ?
None of the above
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a function at given point.
We are given the function
and a point , so we need to find the derivative and solve for the point's -coordinate.
Using the Power Rule
for all nonzero , we can derive
.
Substituting the -coordinate , we have a slope:
.
Example Question #33 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of at ?
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since,
, we can use the Power Rule
for all to derive
.
At the point , the -coordinate is .
Thus, the slope is
.
Example Question #34 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of at ?
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since,
, we can use the Power Rule
for all to derive
.
At the point , the -coordinate is .
Thus, the slope is
.
Example Question #35 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of at ?
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since,
, we can use the Power Rule
for all to derive
.
At the point , the -coordinate is .
Thus, the slope is .
Example Question #36 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of a function at the point ?
None of the above
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since , we can use the Power Rule
for all to determine that
Since we're given a point , we can use the -coordinate to solve for the slope at that point.
Thus,
.
Example Question #37 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of a function at the point ?
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since , we can use the Power Rule
for all to determine that
.
Since we're given a point , we can use the x-coordinate to solve for the slope at that point.
Thus,
Example Question #38 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of a function at the point ?
None of the above
Slope is defined as the first derivative of a given function.
Since , we can use the Power Rule
for all to determine that
Since we're given a point , we can use the x-coordinate to solve for the slope at that point.
Thus,
.
Example Question #11 : Derivative At A Point
What is the slope of the tangent line to the function
when
The slope of the tangent line to a function at a point is the value of the derivative at that point. To calculate the derivative in this problem, the product rule is necessary. Recall that the product rule states that:
.
In this example,
Therefore,
, and
At x = 1, this dervative has the value
.
Example Question #40 : Derivative At A Point
Find the derivative of the following function at :
The derivative of the function is
and was found using the following rules:
,
,
where in the chain rule.
Plug in 0 in the derivative function to get
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