How do you find the slope of a

Beckham Short

Beckham Short

Answered question

2022-04-11

How do you find the slope of a tangent line to the graph of the function y=4x24x20 at x=3?

Answer & Explanation

stecchiniror7

stecchiniror7

Beginner2022-04-12Added 14 answers

Explanation:
We can do this by the power rule, which states if y=xn, then y=nxn1.
Calculating:
y'=8x-4
The slope of the tangent is given by substituting your x value into the derivative function and evaluating.
y'=8(3)-4
y'=20
Hence, the slope of the tangent is 20 at the point x=3.

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