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OpenStudy (studygurl14):

check answer @phi

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

@pooja195 @tkhunny

OpenStudy (phi):

I think the answer is 1/10

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

How?

OpenStudy (phi):

the idea is g'(y0) = 1/f'(x0) f'(x) is 3x^2 -7x^2 +25 y0 is 0 we need x0 (it's not 0), it is 3 so we evaluate 1/f'(3)

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

1/f'(3) = -1/11, not 1.10

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

1/10*

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

nvm, it is 1/10,

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

hmm I don't see anything wrong there, btw it boils down to 1/25 assuming it's asking for the "inverse relation" of f(x) and then its derivative and then x = 0

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

I was plugging into your equation for f'(x) which had 7x^2 instead of 14x

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

@jdoe0001 I actually did submit 1/25, and 1/10 was the correct answer, but I really don't understand why my method was wrong.

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

neither do I =(

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

Weird...I guess I'll just ask my teacher.

OpenStudy (phi):

Here is a graph that shows the original function (green) , the y=x line, and the inverse which is the red curve (the green curve reflected about the y=x line) at x=0 I put a point on the green curve i.e. at (0,3) then I asked geogebra to plot a tangent to the green curve at that point it found the line y = 0.1x + 3 which shows a slope of 1/10 and the slope of the tangent line is the value of the derivative

OpenStudy (phi):

Here is the figure

OpenStudy (studygurl14):

Hmmm....interesting. I don't doubt 1/10 is wrong...I just would like to understand how my method differs.

OpenStudy (phi):

renaming x to y and then putting in 0 for y does not do what you want. It seems we have to find the x value that corresponds to y=0 and put that into 1/f'(x) Finding that value is the hard part. If there is a better way, please let me know.

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