Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 2: Limits and Continuity - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 99: 2

Answer

The limit of the average rate of change for $g(t)$ at $t=t_0$ is as follows: $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{Δy}{Δx}=\lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{g(t_0+h)−g(t_0)}{h}$.

Work Step by Step

In order to compute the rate of change of the function $y=g(t)$ at $t=t_0$, we will find a limit of the average rate of change. We know that the average rate of change formula for $y=g(t)$ over the interval from $t=t_0$ to $t=t_1$ and $t_1−t_0=h$ can be expressed as: $\dfrac{Δy}{Δx}=\dfrac{g(t_1)−g(t_0)}{(t_1−t_0)}=\dfrac{g(t_0+h)−g(t_0)}{h}$ Thus, we can interpret from the above discussion that the limit of the average rate of change for $g(t)$ at $t=t_0$ is: $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{Δy}{Δx}=\lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{g(t_0+h)−g(t_0)}{h}$
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