A few days ago
jessiebabie824

For each of the following functions a find the slope of the tangent line to the graph at the given point?

also find the equation of the tangent line

f(x)=xsqaured -2 at x=1

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A few days ago
Truly W

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For non-linear functions, the rate of change (the derivative) of the function at a point is the slope of the line tangent to the curve at the point.

The derivative of f(x)=x^2 -2 is 2x.

At x=1, the value of the derivative is 2, so the slope of the tangent line is 2.

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