Options are
A.) 3y-6x=25
B.) y-2x=25
C.) 3y+3x=21
D.) y+6x=-21
Can someone please give me an answer and explanation? I am very confused.
Options are
A.) 3y-6x=25
B.) y-2x=25
C.) 3y+3x=21
D.) y+6x=-21
Can someone please give me an answer and explanation? I am very confused.
y? There is some y missing. But it seems reasonable to assume that your curve is the parabola with the function:
y = f(x) = x^2 + 2x - 5. Let's see.
1st question: What is the slope of the tangent in the Point P(-4 | 3) ?
The derivative f '(x) of the function f (x) tells you the slope m_t of the tangent in any point
P_0 (x_0 | y_0) with y_0 = f (x_0).
The 1st derivative of the parabola's function is
f '(x) = 2x + 2
2nd question: What is the function of the tangent in P ( -4| 3) ?
The general form of the equation of a straight line is:
y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Thus the equation of our tangent t (x) is:
t (x) = f '(x) * x + b.
m = f ' (x_0) = -6; for x_0 = -4.
The slope of the tangent is -6. The only thing missing is b. Insert the x- and y-coordinates into the tangent function t(x):
t (x) = 3 = -6 * -4 + b
b = 24 - 3 = 21.
Thus your function is:
t (x) = y = -6x - 21
Which corresponds nicely to answer option D) in your list:
D) y + 6x = -21
Sorry. " t (-4) " instead of " t (x) " and then I messed up signs in the next line. Here's the correction:
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The slope of the tangent is -6. The only thing missing is b. Insert the x- and y-coordinates into the tangent function t(x):
t (-4) = 3 = -6 * -4 + b
b = 3 - 24 = -21.
[...]
There was an index missing. It should read " f '(x_0) " instead of " f '(x) " like this:
[...]
The general form of the equation of a straight line is:
y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept. Thus the equation of our tangent t (x) is:
t (x) = f '(x_0) * x + b.
m = f ' (x_0) = -6; for x_0 = -4.
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