Question

What is the slope for the function y = 2x2 + 2 at the point x = 3?
a. 12
b. 3
c. 20
d. the slope cannot be determined

Answer 1

@ganeshie8 @ParthKohli @Callisto @iambatman @eliassaab

Answer 2

Do you know derivatives?

Answer 3

its 2x^2

Answer 4

yah sorta

Answer 5

The derivative of your function is 4x

Answer 6

so a.12?

Answer 7

What happens if you replace x by 3 in 4x

Answer 8

Yes it is 12

Answer 9

so the slope means to simply find derivative? @eliassaab

Answer 10

hello?

Answer 11

Yes find the derivative and replace x by the given value