The slope of the tangent line to the graph of the exponential function y = 2^x at the point (0, 1) is lim x to 0 (2^x - 1)/x. Estimate the slope to three decimal places.

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anonymous · Answer

Okay, do you know how to do limits?

anonymous · Answer

They want you to plug in numbers really close to 0
Like 0.000001

anonymous · Answer

yes, i just start took limit class today :)

anonymous · Answer

nice to talk to you again, that's very surprising

anonymous · Answer

Well, for this, what I would do is plug in 0.000001  and -0.00001

anonymous · Answer

Get closer to 0 until thee digits don't change.

anonymous · Answer

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