How do I find instantaneous velocity on a calculator?

1 Answer
Oct 26, 2014

First, type in your position function. I will use f(x)=x^2-3xf(x)=x23x as an example here. Here are the exact key strokes:

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Let us find the instantaneous velocity at x=4x=4.

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Hence, the instantaneous velocity at x=5x=5 is 55 (at the bottom of the screen).


I hope that this was helpful.