Question

What is the slope of the following curve at the point (2, 20)?
f(x)=x^4+3x^2-8
A. 10
B. 18
C. 32
D. 44

Answer 1

May I help?

Answer 2

yea

Answer 3

its 3

Answer 4

Thank you.

Answer 5

you mean C?

Answer 6

no dont listen to him

Answer 7

Sorry I thught that is you
so What did you pick?

Answer 8

nothing yet im lost

Answer 9

It is easy In Sha' Allah

Answer 10

the slope of this function...can you calculate it?

Answer 11

do i plug 2 in for x and solve

Answer 12

no man
you should firstly find out the slope and then plug x=2 in the result

Answer 13

@madisonkayelee

Answer 14

i have no calculator

Answer 15

Just do it and I will calculate it for you

Answer 16

−3√5

Answer 17

\[f(x)=x^4+3x^2-8\]
\[f'(x)=4x^3+6x\]
now you can plug x=2 in, you get
\[f'(2)=4(2)^3+6(2)=??\]

Answer 18

Thank you for the medal!


What matters is that you get the idea and can do solving such this yourself.