Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions - 2.4 Exercises - Page 150: 26

Answer

$$y=\left(1-\sqrt{3}\right)\left(x-\pi \right)+\pi+3$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$y= 3x +6\cos x\ \ \ \ \ \ (\pi/3,\pi+3 )$$ Since \begin{aligned} y'&= 3-6\sin(x) \end{aligned} Then \begin{aligned} m&= y'\bigg|_{(\pi/3,\pi+3)}\\ &= 3-\sin(\pi/3)\\ &=3-3\sqrt{3} \end{aligned} Hence the tangent line equation given by \begin{aligned} \frac{y-y_1}{x-x_1}&=m\\ \frac{y-\pi-3}{x-\pi/3}&=3-3\sqrt{3}\\ y-\pi-3&=( 3-3\sqrt{3})(x-\pi/3)\\ y &=\left(1-\sqrt{3}\right)\left(x-\pi \right)+\pi+3 \end{aligned}
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