Chapter 2: Q 20. (page 238)
Find the derivatives of the function:
Short Answer
The derivative of
Chapter 2: Q 20. (page 238)
Find the derivatives of the function:
The derivative of
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Get started for freeEvery morning Linda takes a thirty-minute jog in Central Park. Suppose her distance s in feet from the oak tree on the north side of the park minutes after she begins her jog is given by the function shown that follows at the left, and suppose she jogs on a straight path leading into the park from the oak tree.
(a) What was the average rate of change of Linda’s distance from the oak tree over the entire thirty-minute jog? What does this mean in real-world terms?
(b) On which ten-minute interval was the average rate of change of Linda’s distance from the oak tree the greatest: the first minutes, the second minutes, or the lastminutes?
(c) Use the graph of to estimate Linda’s average velocity during the -minute interval from. What does the sign of this average velocity tell you in real-world terms?
(d) Approximate the times at which Linda’s (instantaneous) velocity was equal to zero. What is the physical significance of these times?
(e) Approximate the time intervals during Linda’s jog that her (instantaneous) velocity was negative. What does a negative velocity mean in terms of this physical example?
Use (a) the definition of the derivative and then
(b) the definition of the derivative to find for each function f and value in Exercises 23–38.
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For each function graphed in Exercises 65-68, determine the values of at which fails to be continuous and/or differentiable. At such points, determine any left or right continuity or differentiability. Sketch secant lines supporting your answers.
Suppose and . Use the chain rule to find role="math" localid="1648356625815" without first finding the formula for .
For each function and interval in Exercises , use the Intermediate Value Theorem to argue that the function must have at least one real root on . Then apply Newton’s method to approximate that root.
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