(1 point) 1. Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the function y = f(x) = 3.5x^2 at point x = 6. Your answer should be precise to the third decimal. Answer: 42 2. Find the equation of this tangent line. You may want to use your answer from part 1. Answer: y =
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5x^2 \) at point \( x = 6 \). To find the slope of the tangent line, we need to compute the derivative of the function \( f(x) = 3.5x^2 \) and then evaluate it at \( x = 6 \). The derivative of \( f(x) \) is: \[ f'(x) = \frac{d}{dx}(3.5x^2) = 3.5 \cdot 2x = 7x Show more…
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