Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Section 2.7 - Writing Project - Early Methods for Finding Tangents - Page 152: 1

Answer

a) $\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}=\frac{f(x)-f(3)}{x-3}$ b) $\lim\limits_{x \to 3}=\frac{f(x)-f(3)}{x-3}$

Work Step by Step

a) $\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}=\frac{f(x)-f(3)}{x-3}$ b) Use the standard formula for slope of tangent $\lim\limits_{x \to 3}=\frac{f(x)-f(3)}{x-3}$
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