slope of a tangent
slope of a tangent
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Howdy to all. we are working on a problem that involves finding the slope of a tangent to a curve. Myself and a few other are arriving with consistant answers, however, our answers are not correct.
Q: Find the slope of a tangent to the curve of
y=ln(25x + 3) at x=2.
Running the natural log as "y", we continue to get an answer of 3.9703 for the value of x=2.
Any clues on what we are doing wrong.
Thanks,
Jay
Q: Find the slope of a tangent to the curve of
y=ln(25x + 3) at x=2.
Running the natural log as "y", we continue to get an answer of 3.9703 for the value of x=2.
Any clues on what we are doing wrong.
Thanks,
Jay





RE: slope of a tangent
(1/u)(du/dx)|2 = 25/53
Doug
RE: slope of a tangent
25/(25x+3). Evaluated at x=2, I get a slope of 0.4717
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RE: slope of a tangent
RE: slope of a tangent