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Sketch gragp of h(x)=cosx

a. Sketch a tangent line at the point (0,1). Write a formula for the slope of the secent line joining the point (x,cosx) and (0,1)

b. Evaluate the formula for x=0.1 and x=0.01

c. Find the exact slope of the tangent line to h at the point (0,1)

d. using diritive confirm the answer

e. Find equation of the tangent line to h at the point (0,1)

2007-02-22 11:36:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

I know how to graph it just having trouble with finding the slope

2007-02-22 11:49:41 · update #1

2 answers

a) Slope = (cosx -1 ) / x
b) for x = .1 , s = -1.523086 E(-5)
....for x = .01, s = - 1.5231 E(-6)
c) Get the limit of s as x tends to zero, U get s=0
d) dh/dx = - sinx so at x=0 dh/dx =0 ( the tangent slope
e) the equation is : y =1

2007-02-22 11:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by a_ebnlhaitham 6 · 0 0

h(x) = cos x h´(x) =-sin(x)
So the the tangent at a point (a,b) so b=cos( a)would be

y-cos(a)= -sin(a)*(x-a)

1)sketch slope = (cosx-1)/x and b)make the operations putting x=0.1 and 0.01
c)h´(0) = 0
e) y=1

2007-02-22 11:58:47 · answer #2 · answered by santmann2002 7 · 0 0

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