Use the difference quotient to estimate the instantaneous rate of change in f(x)=x^2 at x=3?

Rosemary Chase

Rosemary Chase

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2022-11-07

Use the difference quotient to estimate the instantaneous rate of change in f ( x ) = x 2 at x=3?

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teleriasacr

teleriasacr

Beginner2022-11-08Added 21 answers

Evaluating f ( 3 + h ) f ( 3 ) h
( 3 + h ) 2 3 2 h = 9 + 6 h + h 2 9 h
=6+h
You can then estimate the instantaneous rate of change by selecting "small" values of h.
For example, if h=.01, the estimate would be 6.01.
The key idea is that once we've simplified the difference quotient we can let h tend to 0. If h 0, the difference quotient tends to 6, which is the exact instantaneous rate of change at x=3.

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