Chapter 2: Q. 6 (page 232)
Suppose you wish to differentiate.What is the fastest way to do this, and why?
Short Answer
The fastest way is to use chain rule and derivates of trigonometric functions.
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Chapter 2: Q. 6 (page 232)
Suppose you wish to differentiate.What is the fastest way to do this, and why?
The fastest way is to use chain rule and derivates of trigonometric functions.
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Velocity is the derivative of position . It is also true that acceleration (the rate of change of velocity) is the derivative of velocity. If a race car’s position in miles t hours after the start of a race is given by the function , what are the units of ? What are the units and real-world interpretation of ? What are the units and real-world interpretations of ?
Find a function that has the given derivative and value. In each case you can find the answer with an educated guess and check process it may be helpful to do some preliminary algebra
Taking the limit: We have seen that if f is a smooth function, then This approximation should get better as h gets closer to zero. In fact, in the next section we will define the derivative in terms of such a limit.
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Use the limit just defined to calculate the exact slope of the tangent line toat
Use the definition of the derivative to find for each function in Exercises
Use the limit you just found to calculate the exact slope of the tangent line to at . Obviously you should get the same final answer as you did earlier.
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