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13-140.

If , then .

  1. Show that the slope of the tangent line to the curve when is .

    The slope function is . Therefore evaluate .

  2. Let . What is the slope of the tangent line to the curve when ?

    is a transformation of . It is just scaled by a factor of .
    How does this affect the slope?

  3. How could you use the results from part (a) to answer the question in part (b)?