Finding the slope of a tangent line at a point
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Find the slope of the tangent line to the exponential function at the point (0,1) y=e^x/3
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Find the slope of the tangent line to the exponential function at the point (0,1) y=e^x/3
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The slope of a function is simply equal to its first
derivative. So let us first take the 1st derivative of the equation:
y = e^(x / 3)
dy / dx = e^(x / 3) (1 / 3)
At x = 0:
dy / dx = slope = e ^(0) (1/3)
slope = 1/3
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