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Homework Help: Calculus

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 3:33pm.

the slope of the tangent line to the curve y=(3/x) at the point (6,0.5000) is?

the equation of this tangent line can be written in the form y=mx+b where m is? and where b is?

• Calculus - Steve, Friday, January 25, 2013 at 3:47pm

  y = 3/x
  y' = -3/x^2
  y'(6) = -3/36 = -1/12
  
  y-1/2 = -1/12 (x-6)
  y = -1/12 x + 1
  

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