30 Answered Questions for the topic Tangents And Derivatives
09/24/18
Calc 1 Help! For a certain graph y=f(x) the tangent line at the point (2,f(2)) goes through the points (3,2) and (5,-4). Find f(2) and f'(2)
I am unsure of how to do this problem or even set it up. I didn't know whether to find the slope of the two points or not and was wondering if one of you all could help me. I would really...
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02/11/18
equation to tangent line
Find the slope and an equation of the tangent line to the graph of the function f at the specified point.f(x) = √x + (1/√x); (25,26/5)
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Tangent line is horizontal
Let f(x) = x3 − 4x2.
Find the point(s) on the graph of f where the tangent line is horizontal.(x, y) =____________ (smaller x-value)(x, y) =____________ (larger x-value)
Find slope of tangent
Find the slope m of the tangent line to the graph of the function at the given point and determine an equation of the tangent line.
f(x)=9/2x at (1,9/2)
m=_______
y=_______
02/01/18
Calculus, where tangent line is horizontal
Find the point(s) on the graph of f where the tangent line is horizontal. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)
f(x) = (x)/ (x^2 + 4)
Tangents And Derivatives Area Of Triangle
11/16/17
A diagram shows the graph of y=4+4x-x^2. The tangent to the curve at the point (3,7) cuts the axes at A and B. work out the area of triangle OAB answer
A diagram shows the graph of y=4+4x-x^2. The tangent to the curve at the point (3,7) cuts the axes at A and B. work out the area of triangle OAB answer
09/21/17
Find exact equation of tangent line and normal line
find equation of tangent line and normal line given x2/25 + y2/9 = 1 with coordinates (5sqrt(2)/2, 3sqrt(2)/2)
Tangents And Derivatives Equations
04/09/17
Equation for the tangent line
Suppose f(1) = 4, and the tangent line to f at x=1 goes through the point (0,2). Find an equation for the tangent line to f at x=1.
03/06/17
Find the slope of the tangent to the curve y^2=((x^2)/(xy-28)) at (8,4)
the problem is stated as above. I'm just not sure where to start.
Tangents And Derivatives Calculus 1
09/26/16
Find k so that the line y = 3x-4 is tangent to the graph of f(x) = x^2 + kx.
I got k = 7, -1 using substitution on 2x+k = 3 and x^2 + kx = 3x - 4.
Is this correct?
Tangents And Derivatives
08/18/16
Geometry, circles with tangents
i am grading a test for my son, and confused on a problem, in geometery the question is a picture of a circle middle point p two tangent lines point x with 100, they want the answer for x, not...
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Simplifying a function to get a tangent line
In the middle of solving this implicit function/using implicit differentation to find its tangent line, this is what I have so far:
Original function: y^3+x^3-2xy=8 (find tangent line at...
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04/21/16
Finding two part derivative/tangent line
So I'm supposed to graph the given function at the tangent line at the given point, which I know how to do with an explicit/one part function but not an implicit/two part function.The function...
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Tangents And Derivatives
01/31/16
using f(x)=1/sqrtx, find a tangent line that is parallel to x+2y+6=0
I can get most of the way through this problem. I know the tangent line is y=-1/2x+3/2. I know it intersects the function at (1, 1). I get stuck when trying to prove it. using the...
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Tangents And Derivatives
10/05/15
Use the definition of the slope of a tangent line to find equation for the slope of the tangent line to the graph of f(x) = 2x^2+1 at any point c
Use the definition of the slope of a tangent line to find equation for the slope of the tangent line to the graph of f(x) = 2x^2+1 at any point c
Tangents And Derivatives
10/05/15
Use the definition of the slope of a tangent line to find the slopes of the tangent lines to the graph of f(x) = -3x^2 at the points (0,0) and (-1,-3)
Use the definition of the slope of a tangent line to find the slopes of the tangent lines to the graph of f(x) = -3x^2 at the points (0,0) and (-1,-3)
05/07/15
Show that when r changes by ?r; the change in the acceleration due to gravity, g; is given by ?g ˜ -2g ( ?r / r)
The acceleration due to gravity, g; is given byg = GM / r2 ;
where M is the mass of the earth, r is the distance from the center of the earth,and G is the universal gravitational constant.
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04/30/15
NEED ANSWERED ASAP Derivatives of exponential functions
Determine the coordinates of all points at which the tangent to the curve defined by y=x2e-x is horizontal
04/19/15
Find the derivative of the following functions: d^2 / dx2 (x sin x)
Find the derivative of the following functions: d^2 / dx2 (x sin x)
04/19/15
Use linear approximation and differential to approximate: sin 31`
Use linear approximation and differential to approximate: sin 31`
04/19/15
A particle moves in a straight line from its initial position so that after t seconds, it distance is given by s = t^2 + t feet from its initial position.
(a) Find the average velocity of the particle over the interval [1; 3] seconds.(b) Find the instantaneous velocity of the particle at t = 1 second.
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