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  • 13-02-2015
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how do you find the slope of x^2 at x = 5? please hurry

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  • 13-02-2015

The slope of any function is its first derivative.

If  f(x)=x^2, then  f'(x)= 2x .

At  x=5,  slope = f'(x) = 2(5) = 10 .
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