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I am not sure if is this has already been discussed here, but I reckon there's a mistake in the solution to 1C-4d. We are asked to find the equation for the tangent line for f(x) = 1/sqrt(x) at x=a. In the solution it is given: y = (-1/2)*a^(3/2)*(x-a) + 1/sqrt(a) = -a^(-3/2)*x + (3/2)*a^(-1/2) First, there's a minus missing in the power of a in the first line. Second, there should be a (1/2) coefficient in front of x in the second line. The correct tangent line equation should look like: y = (-1/2)*a^(-3/2)*(x-a) + 1/sqrt(a) = -(1/2)*a^(-3/2)*x + (3/2)*a^(-1/2)

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