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Find the slope of the function's graph at the given point. Then find an equation for the line tangent to the graph there.$$f(x)=x^{2}+1 \quad \quad (2,5)$$
Step 1
To find the slope of the function's graph at a given point, we need to find the derivative of the function and evaluate it at that point. The derivative of the function f(x) = x^2 + 1 is given by f'(x) = 2x. To find the slope at the point (2,5), we substitute x Show more…
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