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Find the slope of the tangent line to k(x)=–2x at x=3.

Find the slope of the tangent line to k(x)=–2x at x=3.-example-1
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Answer:


-2

Explanation:


k(x)=-2x\\k'(x)=-2\\k'(3)=-2

What I basically did here was take the derivative of the function to find the slope of the function at any given point. Since -2x has a slope of -2, no matter what x is, the slope will always be -2.

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