SOLUTION: Please Help Me With This Question find the gradient of the curve y=x^2+5x-3 at the point x=2

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Question 1118187: Please Help Me With This Question find the gradient of the curve y=x^2+5x-3 at the point x=2
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The derivative of y=x^2+5x-3 is 2x+5
When x=2, 2x+5=9. That is the slope ANSWER
The point is (2, 11)
the line is y-11=9(x-2) or y=9x-7, using the point slope formula y-y1=m(x-x1), m slope, (x1, y1) point
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