Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 2 - Differentiation - 2.1 Exercises - Page 105: 70

Answer

$f'(4)=\frac{-3}{16}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=\frac{3}{x}$ $f'(c)=\lim\limits_{x \to c}\frac{f(x)-f(c)}{x-c}$ $f'(4)=\lim\limits_{x \to 4}\frac{\frac{3}{x}-\frac{3}{4}}{x-4}$ $f'(4)=\lim\limits_{x \to 4}\frac{\frac{12-3x}{4x}}{x-4}$ $f'(4)=\lim\limits_{x \to 4}\frac{\frac{-3(x-4)}{4x}}{x-4}$ $f'(4)=\lim\limits_{x \to 4}\frac{-3}{4x}$ $f'(4)=\frac{-3}{4(4)}$ $f'(4)=-\frac{3}{16}$
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