How do you find the slope of a

Keenan Rhodes

Keenan Rhodes

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2022-04-10

How do you find the slope of a tangent line to the graph of the function f(x)=7x5x2 at (-2, -34)?

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Beginner2022-04-11Added 16 answers

The slope of a function is given by the derivative of the slope.
Given
f(x)=7x5x2
the derivative (slope) is
f'(x)=7-10x by applying the exponent rule
For the point (x,y)=(-2, -34)
(that is when x=-2)
the slope is
f'(-2)=7-10*(-2)=7+20=27

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