"Explain how to get an approximation of the slope of function f(x) = 3x^2 + 5x , when x = 2 without using any calculus! Then use this method to approximate the slope when x = 2 without using calculus."
#Can someone help? I don't know what to do.
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"Explain how to get an approximation of the slope of function f(x) = 3x^2 + 5x ,...
You can either average secant slopes, or just find the slope of a secant over a small interval
For example (for the latter), you can just find the slope of the secant on [1.5,2.5],[1.75,2.25], etc
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