The formula of derivative

f′(x)=limΔx→0 Δxf(x+Δx)−f(x)
2
2 x +4
and the problem is : g(x) =
x +1
Δxg( x + Δx)−g(x )
g′(x)=limΔx→0
Δx

first is we need to find the g(x+Δx)

2
2 x +4
g(x) =
x +1

(x + Δx)+12(x + Δx)²+4
g(x+Δx)=
( x+ Δ x ) +1
now that we can easily substitute it in our formula

2(x + Δ x)²+4 2 x 2+4

−
g′(x)=limΔx→0 ( x + Δx ) +1 x+ 1
Δx

(2( x + Δx)²+ 4)(x +1)−(2 x ²+4 )((x + Δx)+1)

g′(x)=limΔx→0
Δx (( x + Δx)+1)(x+ 1)
simplify:

2(x+ Δx)³+2( x + Δx)²+ 4 x+ 4−( 2 x ²+ 4)( x+ Δx+1)

g′(x)=limΔx→0
Δx((x+ Δx)+ 1)(x +1)
expand and simplify

g′(x)=limΔx→0
2 x ³+ 6 x ² Δx+ 6 xΔx ²+2 Δx ³+2 x ²+6 xΔx+2 Δx ²+ 4 x +4−(2 x ³ +2 x ²+ 4 x+ 2 x ²+2 x+ 4)
Δx((x+ Δx)+1)( x +1)
next thing to do is cancel out common terms and it’ll become

6 x ² Δx+ 6 xΔx ²+2 Δx ³+ 2 Δx ²

g′(x)=limΔx→0
Δx(( x + Δx)+1)(x +1)
factor out the Δx from the numerator
 Δx(6 x ²+6 xΔx+ 2 Δx ²+2 Δx)
g′(x)=limΔx→0
Δx (( x + Δx)+1)(x+ 1)
now we shall cancel out the Δx from the numerator and denominator

6 x ²+ 6 xΔx+2 Δx ²+2 Δx
g′(x)=limΔx→0
( x+ Δx+1)( x+1)

now we can substitute 0 to all the Δx we can see

6 x²
g′(x)=
( x +1)²
so the derivative of g(x) with respect to x is

6 x²
g′(x)=
( x +1)²

Determine the slope of the tangent line to the graph of g(x) at the point where x=2

6 x²
g′(x)=
( x +1)²

6 (2)²
g′(2)=
(2+1)²
24 24 8
g′(x)= ¿ =
(3) ² 9 3
so the slope of the tangent line to the graph of g(x) at the point where x=2 is:

24 24 8
g′(x)= ¿ =
(3) ² 9 3