How do you find the slope of the

Karlie Mays

Karlie Mays

Answered question

2022-04-11

How do you find the slope of the tangent line to the parabola y=x2+3x at the point (-3, 0)?

Answer & Explanation

Dubliddissefyf8

Dubliddissefyf8

Beginner2022-04-12Added 10 answers

For the slope-function you need the derivative.
(of course you have checked that (-3, 0) is on the function)
Explanation:
y'=2x+3
Now you fill in the x:
y'=2*(-3)+3=-3 is the slope at that point.

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