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Tangent Line Problems
Tangent Line Problems
The total cost (in hundreds of dollars) to produce x units of a product is defined by the
given function.
3𝑥𝑥 + 2
𝐶𝐶 (𝑥𝑥 ) =
𝑥𝑥 + 4
(a) Find the marginal cost function C’(x)
(b) What is the value of C’(x) when x = 20
(c) Give the equation of the tangent line of C(x) when x = 20
2. Find the equation of the tangent line to the following equations at the specified point:
(a) 𝑦𝑦 = cos 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥𝑥 at 𝑥𝑥 = 0
1
(b) 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 − at 𝑥𝑥 = 1
𝑥𝑥
(c) 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 3 + √𝑥𝑥 at 𝑥𝑥 = 4