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how to find the tangent line at (0,0) for the graph of y=sinx and is the slope of that line positive or negative and why?
5 Answers
- JLv 74 years ago
y=x
goes from lower left to upper right with slope 1
just look at the graph of y=sinx and its symmetry to see this
- ?Lv 64 years ago
Gradient of any tangent line to the function y = sin(x):
y' = cos(x).
When x = 0, cos(0) = 1.
Equation of the line passing through (0,0), with gradient equal to 1:
y - 0 = 1 * (x - 0).
y = x (Answer).
- lenpol7Lv 74 years ago
Differentiate
y = SinX
dy/dx = CosX (The slope)
When x = 0
dy/dx = Cos(0) = >
dy/dx = 1 (The slope of the curve Sine at x = 0 )
Since Cos(0) = (+)1 then the slope is positive
Hence the tangent line is
y - 0 = 1( x - 0 )
y = x The tangent line of the Sine curve at ( 0,0)
- ?Lv 74 years ago
y = sin x
y' = cos x
the slope of tangent line where x = 0:
y' = cos 0 = +1
Equation of the tangent line:
y - 0 = 1(x - 0)
y = x
- ted sLv 74 years ago
tsk...can't differentiate ? y ' = cos x , at x = 0 we have y' = 1 > 0 and T line is : y - sin 0 = { 1 } [ x - 0 ]