document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1158582>Question 1158582</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> *True OR false*\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "IF f’(x) =g’(x) then <BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) - g(x) = zero <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "False.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) and g(x) can differ by a constant.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = 2x; g(x) = 2x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f'(x) = 2; g'(x) = 2<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you think of the derivative as giving the slope of the graph of a linear equation, the statement shown would say that if two lines have the same slope then they are the same line.  Obviously that is not true.<br><BR>\n" );
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