Explain how to calculate the slope of a non-linear function. What does the slope measure?
What will be an ideal response?
Since the slope of a non-linear function changes throughout the function one can only measure slope at a specific point along the function. Essentially you would take a line a make it tangent to the point that you want to measure and calculate the slope of that tangent line. The slope of that tangent line will be equivalent to the slope at that point on the function.
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