Chapter 14: Q. 34 (page 906)

In Problems $33 - 35$ , find the derivative of each function at the number indicated
$34. f (x) = x^{2} - 3 x$ at $0$

Short Answer

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The derivative of $f (x) = x^{2} - 3 x$ at $0$ is $f' (0) = - 3$ .

Step by step solution

Step 1. Find f(0)

To find the derivative we have to use the formula,

$f^{'} (c) = lim_{x \to c} \frac{f (x) - f (c)}{x - c}$

We have been given $f (x) = x^{2} - 3 x$ and $0$

Now we have to find, therefore substitute $c = 0$ in $f (x)$ to find $f (0)$ .

$\begin{aligned} f (x) & = x^{2} - 3 x \\ f (0) & = (0)^{2} - 3 (0) \\ = 0 \end{aligned}$

Step 2. Use the derivative formula

Substituting all the values in the derivative formula we get,

$\begin{aligned} f^{'} (0) & = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{f (x) - f (0)}{x - (0)} \\ = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^{2} - 3 x - 0}{x} \\ = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^{2} - 3 x}{x} \\ = lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x (x - 3)}{x} \end{aligned}$

$\begin{aligned} = lim_{x \to 0} (x - 3) \\ = 0 - 3 \\ = - 3 \end{aligned}$

Hence the derivative of $f (x)$ when $c = 0$ is $f' (0) = - 3$ .

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In Problems $33 - 35$ , find the derivative of each function at the number indicated
$34. f (x) = x^{2} - 3 x$ at $0$

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Step 2. Use the derivative formula

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Step 2. Use the derivative formula

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