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: 62

Answer

See graph The slope of $f$ gets very steep when $x$ is increasing a lot $g$ approximates the derivative of $f$ because 0.01 represents a small step for $x$

Work Step by Step

We are given the functions $f(x)=3\sqrt x$ $g(x)=\frac{f(x+0.01)-f(x)}{0.01}$. Determine $g(x)$ by plugging $f(x)$ into $g(x)$: $g(x)=\frac{3\sqrt{x+0.01}-3\sqrt x}{0.01}$ We graph both functions. We notice: The slope of $f$ gets very steep when $x$ is increasing a lot $g$ approximates the derivative of $f$ because 0.01 represents a small step for $x$
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