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Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ y = \dfrac{2x + 1}{x + 2} $, $ (1, 1) $
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Daniel Jaimes
Calculus 1 / AB
Chapter 2
Limits and Derivatives
Section 7
Derivatives and Rates of Change
Limits
Derivatives
Tomas M.
October 4, 2020
Harvey Mudd College
Baylor University
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Nottingham
Lectures
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In mathematics, the limit of a function is the value that the function gets very close to as the input approaches some value. Thus, it is referred to as the function value or output value.
In mathematics, a derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is changing in response to changes in some other quantity; for example, the derivative of the position of a moving object with respect to time is the object's velocity. The concept of a derivative developed as a way to measure the steepness of a curve; the concept was ultimately generalized and now "derivative" is often used to refer to the relationship between two variables, independent and dependent, and to various related notions, such as the differential.
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suppose you want to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve. Why? Which is equal to two? X plus one over X plus two. At the .1, 1 to do this, we first find the slope of the tangent line. That is the derivative of the function Evaluated at the given .1, 1. Now by quotient rule we have white prime, that's equal to X plus two times the derivative of the numerator two, x plus one-. We have to express one times the derivative of the denominator which is expressed to this all over the square of the denominator. And then from here we have X plus two Times derivative of to Express one. That's just too minus two, X plus one times the derivative of X plus two which is one. And then this all over the square of X plus two. And simplifying this, we have two, X plus four minus two, X -1. This all over X plus two squared or this is just three over the square of experts to And so the slope of the tangent line at the .11 is given by that's dy over dx evaluated at 1 1. This is just three over one plus two squared. That's just 3/9 or 1/3. So this is the slope of the tangent line at 11. And then the next step would be to use the point slope formula of a line to find the equation of the tangent line. Now the point slope formula of a line states that the the equation of the line is just why minus? Why is that one? This is equal to the slope mm Of that line times X -X. Sub one. Since you already have our point Except one White 1 Which is just 11. And we have our slope, we found out To be won over three. Then the equation of the tangent line is just Why -1 That's equal to 1/3 times x -1. And simplifying this, we have why that's equal to 1/3, X minus 1/3 Plus one. Or that why is equal to 1/3 Plus 2/3. And so this is the equation of the tangent line at the point 11
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