Ave Maria College

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

School ID No. 402686 Gov’t Permit No. 0059 s. 2015
SS STM G113 – BASIC CALCULUS
ACTIVITY No. 3
The Derivative as the Slope of a Tangent Line Problem Set

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General Instruction: Use separate sheets of long bond paper to show your solution.

A. Slope of a Tangent Line

1. Find the slope of a tangent line to the curve f ( x )=x 2 at x = 3.
2. Find the slope of a tangent line to the curve f ( x )=x 2 + 4 x+ 4 at x = 1

B. The Equation of the Tangent Line

1. Find the standard (slope-intercept form) equation of the tangent line to the following functions at the
specified points:
a. f ( x )=3 x 2−12 x+ 1 at the point (0, 1)
b. f ( x )=2 x 2−4 x+ 5 at the point (–1, 11)
c. f ( x )= √ x +9 at the point where x = 0

C. The Definition of the Derivative

1. For each of the following function, find the indicated derivative using the definition.