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Using the limit derivative of the derivative to find the slope of the tangent line to curve f(x)=4x^2 at x=3, what is f(3+h)?

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f(x)=4x^2
f^(\prime)(x)=8x
f^(\prime)(x=3)=8\cdot3=24

the slope at x=3 is 24

for f(3+h)


f(3+h)=4(3+h)^2
f(3+h)=4(9+2\cdot3\cdot h+h^2)
f(3+h)=36+24h+h^2

User Tomas Jansson
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