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We must compute the derivative of the function at x = 2:


f(x)=4.5x^2-3x+2,

using the limit definition.

1) We write explicitly the derivative as a limit:


f^(\prime)(2)=\lim _(x\rightarrow2)(f(x)-f(2))/(x-2)=\lim _(x\rightarrow2)((4.5x^2-3x+2)-(4.5\cdot2^2-3\cdot2+2))/(x-2)\text{.}

2) We simplify the expression above:


f^(\prime)(2)=\lim _(x\rightarrow2)((4.5x^2-3x+2)-14)/(x-2)=\lim _(x\rightarrow2)(4.5x^2-3x-12)/(x-2)\text{.}

If we replace x by 2, we get a 0 in the numerator and denominator. So this is a limit of the type 0/0 where we can apply L'Hopital's rule.

3) We apply L'Hopital's rule, which consists of taking the derivative of numerator and denominator, we get:


f^(\prime)(2)=\lim _(x\rightarrow2)\frac{4.5\cdot2x^{}-3}{1}\text{.}

4) Now, we see that there is no problem to replace x by 2, doing that we get:


f^(\prime)(2)=4.5\cdot2\cdot2-3=15.

Answer: f'(2) = 15

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