Calculus Examples

$y = x^{2} - x$ , $(1, 0)$

Step 1

Find the first derivative and evaluate at $x = 1$ and $y = 0$ to find the slope of the tangent line.

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Differentiate.

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By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $x^{2} - x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- x]$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- x]$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$2 x + \frac{d}{d x} [- x]$

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- x]$ .

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Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- x$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$2 x - \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$2 x - 1 \cdot 1$

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$2 x - 1$

Evaluate the derivative at $x = 1$ .

$2 (1) - 1$

Simplify.

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Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$2 - 1$

Subtract $1$ from $2$ .

$1$

Step 2

Plug the slope and point values into the point-slope formula and solve for $y$ .

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Use the slope $1$ and a given point $(1, 0)$ to substitute for $x_{1}$ and $y_{1}$ in the point-slope form $y - y_{1} = m (x - x_{1})$ , which is derived from the slope equation $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ .

$y - (0) = 1 \cdot (x - (1))$

Simplify the equation and keep it in point-slope form.

$y + 0 = 1 \cdot (x - 1)$

Solve for $y$ .

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Add $y$ and $0$ .

$y = 1 \cdot (x - 1)$

Multiply $x - 1$ by $1$ .

$y = x - 1$

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