For the following functions, make a table of slopes of secant lines and make a conjecture about
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For the following functions, make a table of slopes of secant lines and make a conjecture about the slope of the tangent line at the indicated point.
f(x) = x3 - x at x = 1
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Calculus Early Transcendentals
ISBN: 978-0321947345
2nd edition
Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett
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