Rate of Change
The relation between two quantities which displays how much greater one quantity is than another is called ratio.
Slope
The change in the vertical distances is known as the rise and the change in the horizontal distances is known as the run. So, the rise divided by run is nothing but a slope value. It is calculated with simple algebraic equations as:
Question:
Use the definition of the derivative to find the derivative of the following functions.
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Given data:
The expression for given function is: f(x)=x+1/x.
The expression for the definition of the derivative is,
Substitute the given value of the function in the expression.
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