Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 11 - Section 11.3 - The Product and Quotient Rules - Exercises - Page 819: 74

Answer

$y=\displaystyle \frac{1}{64}x+\frac{11}{16}$

Work Step by Step

For x=$4$, the point on the graph is $(4, f(4))$. The slope of the tangent at x=$4$ is $m=f^{\prime}(4).$ The point-slope equation of the tangent line is $y-y_{1}=m(x-x_{1})$ $y-f(4)=f^{\prime}(4)(x-4)$ $f(4)=\displaystyle \frac{2+1}{2+2}=\frac{3}{4}$ For $f^{\prime}(x)$, use the quotient rule, $\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)})=\frac{f^{\prime}(x)g(x)-f(x)g^{\prime}(x)}{[g(x)]^{2}}$ $= \displaystyle \frac{(\sqrt{x}+1)^{\prime}(\sqrt{x}+2)-(\sqrt{x}+1)(\sqrt{x}+2)^{\prime}}{(\sqrt{x}+2)^{2}}$ $f^{\prime}(x)= \displaystyle \frac{(\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}})(\sqrt{x}+2)-(\sqrt{x}+1)(\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}})}{(\sqrt{x}+2)^{2}}$ ... evaluate at x=$4$ ... $f^{\prime}(4)=\displaystyle \frac{\frac{1}{4}(4)-(3)(\frac{1}{4})}{16}=\frac{4-3}{4\cdot 16}=\frac{1}{64}$ An equation for the tangent line is $y-\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}=\frac{1}{64}(x-4)$ $y=\displaystyle \frac{1}{64}x-\frac{1}{16}+\frac{3}{4}$ $y=\displaystyle \frac{1}{64}x+\frac{11}{16}$
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