AP Calculus BC Cha 2 C Determine the Equation of a Line Tangent to a Curve At a Given Point Questions

Practice AP Calculus BC questions on finding tangent slopes and writing tangent-line equations from derivative and point information.

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Let f be the function defined by $f(x)=\frac{3}{2 x^{2}-7 x+5}$ .

Find the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f at x=3.

$f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{-3(4 x-7)}{\left(2 x^{2}-7 x+5\right)^{2}}$

f^{\prime}(3)=\frac{(-3)(5)}{(18-21+5)^{2}}=-\frac{15}{4}

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