SOLUTION: What is the slope of the graph y=10^x at x=.6? Please help!

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Question 1057497: What is the slope of the graph y=10^x at x=.6? Please help!
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The value of the derivative is equal to the slope at the given point.
y=10%5Ex
dy%2Fdx=ln%2810%29%2A10%5Ex
So when x=0.6,
m=ln%2810%29%2A10%5E%280.6%29
or approximately,
m=9.167

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the slope of the graph y=10^x at x=.6?
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y = e^(ln(10^x))
y = e^(x*ln(10))
y' = ln(10)*10^x
At x = 0.6:
y' =~ 9.1668