Concept explainers
To find out for what type of the function the methods described in the lesson guaranteed to give exact slope.
Answer to Problem 7GCE
Polynomial linear functions.
Explanation of Solution
The methods described in the lesson guaranteed to give exact slope for all the linear functions.
For example consider the following polynomial linear function −
To find the slope of the given function at required points do the following steps-
Step 1- Graph the equation
Step 2- Use the window
Step 3- ZOOM feature will show the following result.
Step 4- Finally use the TRACE feature to know its slope.
The following is the slope of the given function using the
Substituting the values
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