How do you find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the function $f(x)=3/2x+1$ at (-2,-2)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-19T01:36:58

$m=3/2$

$f(x) = 3/2x + 1$ is a straight line, comparing with $y=mx+c$ we see $m=3/2$ , so the gradient of the tangent line is $3/2$ everywhere.

How do you find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the function f(x)=3/2x+1f(x)=3/2x+1 at (-2,-2)?