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   Feb 25, 2018 · We have $$\frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a}$$ at some point $x=a$ and this is known as the average rate of change. But to find the rate of change (or slope) exactly at the point $(a,f(a))$, we let $x=a+t$ and take the limit as $t\to0$. $$\lim_{t\to0}\frac{f(x)-f(a)}{x-a}=\lim_{t\to0}\frac{f(a+t)-f(a)}{t}$$ This is known as the instantaneous rate of change ...

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   Aug 17, 2024 · In Figure 3.1.3a we see that, as the values of x approach a, the slopes of the secant lines provide better estimates of the rate of change of the function at a. Furthermore, the secant lines themselves approach the tangent line to the function at a, which represents the limit of the secant lines.

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   Find an equation that relates the dependent variables. Differentiate both sides of the equation with respect to t t (using the chain rule if necessary). Substitute the given information into the related rates equation and solve for the unknown rate. 1. A bug is walking on the parabola y= x2. y = x 2.

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   Nov 16, 2022 · A person is 550 meters away from a road and there is a car that is initially 800 meters away approaching the person at a speed of 45 m/sec. At what rate is the distance between the person and the car changing (a) 5 seconds after the start, (b) when the car is directly in front of the person and (c) 10 seconds after the car has passed the person.

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   First, we identify the related rates, that is, the two values that are changing together - the change of volume and the change of the surface area ( V and SA respectively) and state the formula for each:

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   Apr 4, 2022 · As we move from an average rate of change to an instantaneous one, we can think of one point as “sliding towards” another. In particular, provided the function has a derivative at \((a, f(a))\), the point \((a+h, f(a+h))\) will approach \((a, f(a))\) as \(h\to 0\).

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   What does 'approach zero' mean?

   • There are different answers to this question depending on which branch of mathematics you are in. For example, if you are working in nonstandard analysis, for a value to "approach zero" means it essentially "becomes" an infinitesimal.

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   What are the units on the average rate of change?

   • The units on the average rate of change are units of f (x) per unit of , x, and the numerical value of the average rate of change represents the slope of the secant line between the points (a, f (a)) and (b, f (b)) on the graph of . y = f (x).

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   How do you calculate the average rate of change of F?

   • For a function f, the average rate of change of f on the interval [a, a + h] is given by the value AV [a, a + h] = f(a + h) − f(a) h. Equivalently, if we want to consider the average rate of change of f on [a, b], we compute AV [a, b] = f(b) − f(a) b − a.

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   What is an example of a approaching zero?

   • For instance, if one player chooses a number, let's say a, the other player can choose the number a 2 which is always closer to zero than a. If we perform this procedure of approximating zero with whatever accuracy you want, in such a way that you can find a number, a, arbitrarily close to it - we say " a approaches zero ".

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   What does x approaches zero mean?

   • We say that a function f "approaches zero", if for every ϵ> 0, there is a δ> 0 such that, if x> δ, | f(x) | <ϵ. Think of it this way: You can make the "outputs" of the function as close as you like to zero by choosing large enough "inputs". The phrase " x approaches zero" is a colloquial way of evoking a precise abstract thought figure as follows:

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   Why is f(x) tangent line a good approximation of a function?

   • As the intervals become narrower, the graph of the function and its tangent line appear to coincide, making the values on the tangent line a good approximation to the values of the function for choices of x close to 1. In fact, the graph of f(x) itself appears to be locally linear in the immediate vicinity of x = 1.

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   For each of the following functions, use the limit definition of the derivative to compute the value of \(f'(a)\) using three different approaches: strive to use the algebraic approach first (to compute the limit exactly), then test your result using numerical evidence (with small values of \(h\)), and finally plot the graph of \(y = f(x ...