[Highschool - Calculus] Finding Equation of a Tangent Line and Normal Line

180digi · 10-19-2008, 07:03 PM

Currently, we are on chapter three: Derivatives. Here is the problem.

1) If f(2)=3 and (f)'(2)=5, find an equation of a) the tangent line, and b) the normal line to the graph of y=f(x) at the point where x=2.

I have no idea how to approach this problem, and neither my notes nor the section examples give any help. I may be in over my head taking AP Calculus AB, however I took it because highschool statistics is a joke and there were no college prep highschool calculus courses to be offered at my school. Thank you.

10-19-2008, 07:03 PM	#1
180digi FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: I'm a computer. Age: 33 Posts: 969	[Highschool - Calculus] Finding Equation of a Tangent Line and Normal Line Currently, we are on chapter three: Derivatives. Here is the problem. 1) If f(2)=3 and (f)'(2)=5, find an equation of a) the tangent line, and b) the normal line to the graph of y=f(x) at the point where x=2. I have no idea how to approach this problem, and neither my notes nor the section examples give any help. I may be in over my head taking AP Calculus AB, however I took it because highschool statistics is a joke and there were no college prep highschool calculus courses to be offered at my school. Thank you. __________________ You'll never walk alone.

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