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ilovealgebra

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Registered: 2006-10-02

Posts: 40

Trig

Find an equation for the tangent line to the graph at the specified value of x:

y= sin(1+x³)     Where x=-3     

Thanks in advance

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Trig

Hi ilovealgebra;

You are given

First get the derivative:

Now get the slope m by plugging in -3 in the right hand side

Now get

Now you have

Just plug into the slope tangent formula

simpllfy

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ilovealgebra

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Registered: 2006-10-02

Posts: 40

Re: Trig

Thank you!

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"...nothing physical which sense-experience sets before our eyes, or which necessary demonstrations prove to us, ought to be called into question (much less condemned) upon the testimony of biblical passages."
-Galileo Galilei

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Trig

Welcome

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.