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Photo by Vickie Kelly, 2007. Greg Kelly, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington. Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota. 3.9: Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. Look at the graph of. If we assume this to be true, then:. The slope at x=0 appears to be 1. definition of derivative.
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Photo by Vickie Kelly, 2007 Greg Kelly, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota 3.9: Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Look at the graph of If we assume this to be true, then: The slope at x=0 appears to be 1. definition of derivative
Now we attempt to find a general formula for the derivative of using the definition. This is the slope at x=0, which we have assumed to be 1.
is its own derivative! What about ?