Fundamentals of Differentiation
Consider the function . What is the average rate of change of over the interval ?
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If the function represents the rate of growth of a bacterial culture, how does multiplying the entire function by 3 affect the instantaneous rate of change at ?
It reduces the instantaneous rate of change to one-third at .
It increases the instantaneous rate of change sixfold at .
It has no effect on the instantaneous rate of change at .
It triples the instantaneous rate of change at .
What does the derivative represent for a function at point ?
The instantaneous rate of change of at point
The slope of the secant line through points on the graph near
The total change in function values over an interval containing
The area under the curve from point to point
What is a tangent line?
Line that perpendicular to tangent line.
A line that pass (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) of curve with a slope equal to average rate of change between point (x1, y1) and (x2, y2).
A line with an instantaneous slope at a point
Curve lines.
Given that denotes an object's velocity with respect to time where is position, what would be the effect on the object's velocity if we replace every instance of t in with , where $ \alph...
The object’s acceleration becomes times greater for each value of t.
The direction in which an object is moving reverses for each value of t.
The object’s velocity remains unchanged for each value of t.
The object's velocity becomes times faster for each value of t.
What is the derivative of the function at the point where ?
What is the average rate of change of 7 - 8x over interval [3, 10]?
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If the average rate of change of a function on an interval [a,b] is given by , what is its instantaneous rate of change at any point within that interval?
A constant value equal to for all points in [a,b].
The derivative, denoted as at a specific t-value.
The slope between any two distinct points on g(t).
The integral from a to b, denoted as .
What is the average rate of change of a function f(x) between x = 2 and x = 5 if f(2) = 6 and f(5) = 15?
If is differentiable on an interval and is a point within that interval, which method would provide the most precise value for the instantaneous rate of change of at ?
Using the derivative of evaluated at .
Calculating the average rate of change between two points close to .
Applying the Mean Value Theorem over an interval containing .
Estimating using a tangent line graphically drawn at the point .