someone help me with derivatives
for the following function , find the derivative and evaluate at x=2 , -4, 0 and pi
where is the function ??
Y=2x
f(x)=2x f'(x)=2
the derivative is linear so you cannot substitute values in
unless it is asking you to evaluate the original function
ok thanks so then the answer is y'=2
how do i evaluate it at x=2, -4, 0, pi
that just means substituting the x-values into the function but f'(x)=2 does NOT have any x-values included since its linear (therefore, a straight line on the graph)
so that does mean that every number for example y'(-4) = 2
basically, for the derivative for every x-value, the y-value stays as 2
so if you were to graph it it would just be |dw:1379903863259:dw|
and the original f(x) [function] looks like |dw:1379903953692:dw|
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