Q. For the following equation, what is the instantaneous rate of change at x=−1?f(x)=x5+4x2+4Answer:
Calculate Derivative: To find the instantaneous rate of change of the functionf(x) at x=−1, we need to calculate the derivative of f(x) and then evaluate it at x=−1. The function given is f(x)=x5+4x2+4. We will find the derivative f′(x) using the power rule, which states that the derivative of xn is n⋅x(n−1).
Apply Power Rule: Applying the power rule to each term of f(x), we get:f′(x)=dxd(x5)+dxd(4x2)+dxd(4)f′(x)=5x4+8x+0The derivative of a constant is 0, so the last term disappears after differentiation.
Evaluate at x=−1: Now we will evaluate the derivative at x=−1 to find the instantaneous rate of change at that point.f′(−1)=5(−1)4+8(−1)f′(−1)=5(1)−8f′(−1)=5−8f′(−1)=−3
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