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OpenStudy (idkwut):

How the heck do you make a slope field?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Draw the coordinate axes and the point (2,8).|dw:1398301198661:dw|

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Taking x = 2, evaluate the given derivative. (Note: I'm having trouble reading the definition of this derivative.)

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Is this it?\[\frac{ dy }{ dx }=x*\sqrt[3]{y}?\]

OpenStudy (idkwut):

Yes, that is the equation.

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Just evaluate this derivative at (2,8).

OpenStudy (idkwut):

So we plug in 2 and 8 in the equation? 2 * 2 = 4?

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Exactly. The point is, the slope of the tangent line to the SOLUTION y=f(x) is 4 when you're at (2,8).

OpenStudy (mathmale):

going back to the previous graph, draw a slope of +4 there (at (2,8)).

OpenStudy (mathmale):

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