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How do I find the slope of the tangent line at a point, given a graph without being given the numbers of the point or the equation of f(x)?

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  • 3 years ago

    Without point or function information, the best you could do is an estimate. Hopefully this graph would at least have a numbered scale on the coordinate axes. You would draw in a tangent line at the point you are interested in, then estimate the change in y (rise) and the change in x (run) to get the slope estimate = (rise / run).

    For example, a portion of your drawn-in tangent line might rise 3 units over an x-interval of 2 units, so the slope estimate would be 3/2.

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