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OpenStudy (anonymous):

is there anyone here?

jhonyy9 (jhonyy9):

for ???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats up

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i would really really appreciate it if you would help me out with a derivative problem :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the problem is: g(x) = 1/x+2 ...i need to find derivative using def of limit

OpenStudy (turingtest):

It's a pain to write out limit definitions of derivatives on this site, so people don't want to bother trying. Neither do I, frankly.

OpenStudy (turingtest):

if I had a pen and paper it would be a lot easier...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you wouldnt mind i just need help with finding a common denominator within that problem...i can try to figure out the rest myself..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Definition of the derivative is \[\lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h) - f(x)}{h}\] So find f(x+h) and then simplify. So \[\lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{1}{x+h+2} - (\frac{1}{x+2})}{h}\] Now you have to find a common denominator in the numerator so it will look like \[\lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\frac{(x+2) - (x + h +2)}{(x+h+2)(x+2)}}{h}\] Now we must divide by h so \[\lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{(x+2)-(x+h+2)}{h(x+h+2)(x+2)}\] Can you get it from here?

OpenStudy (turingtest):

limit as h goes to zero of |dw:1317064934760:dw|

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