Finding the equation of a tangent line. Reddit calculus r/askmath

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  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B 11 місяців тому +42

    I'm so happy I teach physics instead of math, now I can say "since you guys already took calculus 1 you know how to take the derivative of this function" and then I look at the practical application of what the derivative represents, e.g. the velocity or whatever.

    • @lolidemon3163
      @lolidemon3163 11 місяців тому +5

      Ngl one of my college professors said that science is just math with names/labels attached to it

    • @reedoken6143
      @reedoken6143 11 місяців тому

      ​@@lolidemon3163 bio is applied chem. chem is applied phys. phys is applied maths.

    • @sohidulislam6020
      @sohidulislam6020 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@lolidemon3163Science is just application of math in the real world

    • @Tabu11211
      @Tabu11211 11 місяців тому

      Derivative is just fancy subtraction ;)

    • @lamemelord
      @lamemelord 8 місяців тому

      @@sohidulislam6020 me in middle school be like: that exists?

  • @zeinbotak
    @zeinbotak 11 місяців тому +37

    0:43 " ... and the direction says: that's the definition of derivative, which is this one right here!"
    Me watching in 240p: "yeah I see that!"

  • @ArthurvanH0udt
    @ArthurvanH0udt 11 місяців тому +12

    Why not just use derivative of f(x) which is -2x-15 put in 7 and slope is -29. Why do the more difficult “h” thing?

    • @OSW656
      @OSW656 11 місяців тому +14

      The question asks you to do the question using the definition of derivative, So you have to follow the rules,no shortcuts allowed.

  • @piccolo64
    @piccolo64 10 місяців тому +1

    For fun, after finding slope -29 i used parametric equation:
    {x = 7 + t
    {y = - 151 - 29t
    solve t for x = 0 7 + t = 0 t = - 7
    then y = - 151 - 29*(- 7) = 52 (intercept)
    so tangent is: y= - 29x + 52
    😊

  • @kaamilverma1602
    @kaamilverma1602 11 місяців тому +1

    This can also easily done by coordinate, slope of a line y = 4a(x-h)^2 is just
    First we will have to bring equation into above format but after that its really simple
    yy1 = 2a(x+x1)
    Since we know y1 and x1, we can simply plug in and while plugging in we can shift the x coordinate by x + h to get the final result

  • @urble
    @urble 11 місяців тому +20

    The audio for this video is a little out of sync :/

  • @OrenLikes
    @OrenLikes 11 місяців тому +1

    6:03 the **formula** for the tangent line... :)

  • @narfwhals7843
    @narfwhals7843 11 місяців тому +11

    Audio sync issues again from beginning to around 2:35

  • @suyunbek1399
    @suyunbek1399 11 місяців тому +3

    i still don't get it, how did he get y=-29x+150 instead of y=-29x+52
    its not like he just forgot the y1 and assumed it was 0 because then it would have been y=-29x+203
    so he assumed it was -43 instead of -151? i suppose he calculated (-x)^2 instead of -x^2 cause then it would have been 49-105+3=-(105-52)=-53 and then he also miscalculated that to be -43, or he miscalculated 15*7 to be 95 something like that i guess. so mistake in calculations which is mnemonics problem + wrong sign which is familiarity with notation problem...

    • @jinja3113
      @jinja3113 11 місяців тому

      Why -43? If he miscalculated (-x)^2 then he gets -53 and that's what makes it 203-53 = +150

    • @bjorneriksson2404
      @bjorneriksson2404 11 місяців тому +1

      I think you're right with the miscalculation of the square, getting 49 instead of -49. And that would be enough, since 203 - 53 is 150. (And as you can see, the difference between 150 and 52 is 98 = 2*49)

  • @OrenLikes
    @OrenLikes 11 місяців тому

    Edit: my mistake, ignore the following (I won't erase because there is a comment correcting me)
    2:19 close the outer parentheses! :)

    • @BigDBrian
      @BigDBrian 11 місяців тому +1

      They're already closed. Count again.

    • @OrenLikes
      @OrenLikes 11 місяців тому

      @@BigDBrian
      you are absolutely correct!
      thank you for pointing it out!

  • @occasionalshredder
    @occasionalshredder 11 місяців тому

    Why not use the faster definition for derivatives of d/dx= x^n-1 or whatever it is exactly

    • @wistfulgraph
      @wistfulgraph 8 місяців тому +2

      it’s not the definition of a derivative. What you just described is the power rule.

    • @occasionalshredder
      @occasionalshredder 8 місяців тому

      @@wistfulgraph yeah but it’s the fastest way to solve derivatives

  • @OrenLikes
    @OrenLikes 11 місяців тому +1

    why use of "a" AND "x" = not just "x"?!?!?!?
    I expect more mistakes at the question, I'm at 0:01...
    I'm sure you will catch them all and overcome them!

  • @cdkw8254
    @cdkw8254 11 місяців тому

    cool!