Differientiate the function and tangent line
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1. Differientiate g(x) = (7x - 5)/(5x + 1) + x^3
2. Find dy/dx, y = x^0.75
3. Differientiate the function y = sqrt(x^2 + 6)
4. Find an equation for the line that is tangent to the curve y = 4x^3 - 4x at the point (1, 0)
5. For the function, find the points on the graph at which the tangent line is horizontal. y = 2x - 1
a) The tangent line is horizontal to the graph at
b) there is no solution
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It provides several examples of finding the derivatives of the functions. It also shows how to find out the tangent line to the curve.
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1) By addition rule and quotient rule,
2)
3) By chain rule:
4) The slope of the tangent line is the ...
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