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>if f(x) =  , then the derivative of f evaluated at x=1 equals:
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document.write( ">a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6\r
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document.write( ">My guess is D (6). I graphed the function. I used my table command with the >change in x being .1 Then I found the value of the function at 1.9 and 2.1\r
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document.write( "Why 1.9 and 2.1?\r
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document.write( "> Since the derivative represents the slope at a particular x-value,\r
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document.write( "True.\r
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document.write( "> I found the slope around 2.\r
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document.write( "Again, why a number near 2?\r
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document.write( "> The slope was 5.9595, which is close to 6.\r
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document.write( "You found the slope with the calculator? However, you're doing it there is an error. (I'll show you the actual slope at 2 later.)\r
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document.write( "> I tried to take the derivative of this function, but I got lost.\r
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document.write( "No you didn't!\r
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document.write( "> Here's what I tried:
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document.write( ">f'(x) = 
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document.write( ">f'(x) = 
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document.write( ">then the functional value at 1 is 30/6 = 5.\r
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document.write( "This is all totally correct! (Although I'd word it: \"The value of the (first) derivative at 1 is 30/6 = 5\") The answer to your problem is 5.\r
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document.write( "Again, I don't get your fixation on number near 2. They have nothing to do with the problem at hand. But FWIW,
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document.write( "f'(2) =  which is approximately: 2.85714286 \n" );
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