Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 2 - The Derivative - 2.2 The Derivative Function - Exercises Set 2.2 - Page 132: 34

Answer

$$-\frac{1}{2}$$

Work Step by Step

\begin{aligned} &\text { The derivative is defined as}\\ &\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=f^{\prime}(x) \end{aligned} \begin{array}{l} \begin{aligned} & \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(h-2)-f(-2)}{h}=f^{\prime}(-2) \\ =& \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{-2+h+2}{-2+h}-\frac{-2+2}{-2}}{h} \\ =& \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{h-2}{h}-0}{h} \\ =& \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{h}{h-2}}{h} \\ =& \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{h}{(h-2)h} \\ =& \lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{1}{h-2} \\ =-\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned} \end{array}
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