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| − | | <math style="vertical-align: -13px">f'(x)=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}</math>
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| − | !Step 1:
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| − | |Let <math style="vertical-align: -5px">f(x)=3\sqrt{-2x+5}.</math>
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| − | |Using the limit definition of the derivative, we have
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| − | \displaystyle{f'(x)} & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{3\sqrt{-2(x+h)+5}-3\sqrt{-2x+5}}{h}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{3\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}-3\sqrt{-2x+5}}{h}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{3\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}-\sqrt{-2x+5}}{h}.}
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| − | \displaystyle{f'(x)} & = & \displaystyle{3\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{(\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}-\sqrt{-2x+5})}{h} \frac{(\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5})}{(\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5})}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{3\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{(-2x+-2h+5)-(-2x+5)}{h(\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5})}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{3\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{-2h}{h(\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5})}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{3\lim_{h\rightarrow 0} \frac{-2}{\sqrt{-2x+-2h+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5}}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{3\frac{-2}{\sqrt{-2x+5}+\sqrt{-2x+5}}}\\
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| − | & = & \displaystyle{-\frac{3}{\sqrt{-2x+5}}.}
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(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute 
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