Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 2 - Differentiation - 2.1 Exercises - Page 104: 49

Answer

$f = 5 - 3x $ $c = 1$

Work Step by Step

We have that $f'(c) = \lim\limits_{∆x \to 0}$ $\frac{[5 - 3(1 + ∆x)] - 2 }{∆x}$. Taken the original formula $f'(x) = \lim\limits_{∆x \to 0}$ $\frac{f(x + ∆x) - f(x)}{∆x}$, which is equal to $f'(c) = \lim\limits_{∆x \to 0}$ $\frac{f(c + ∆x) - f(c)}{∆x}$, we have that $f(c + ∆x) = 5 - 3(1 + ∆x)$ Then, we can conclude that $f = 5 - 3x$ and $c = 1$
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