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Standard XII
Mathematics
Chain Rule of Differentiation
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Question
State True or False, Differentiating the equation of the curve at a point gives the slope of the tangent to the curve at that point.
A
True
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False
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Solution
The correct option is
A
True
The slope of a curve
y
=
f
(
x
)
at the point
P
means the slope of the tangent at the point
P
.
So, differentiating the equation of the curve at a point gives the slope of the tangent to the curve at that point.
So the answer is true.
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