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Given information

Given:-  the equation and the point .

To find :-  find the slope of the tangent line to the curve at  .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

As approches 0.5 from left side, the slope of the secant line at is approches -3.141588, and also as approches 0.5 from right side the slope of the secant line is approches -3.141588.

The limit value of the secant line is -3.141588.

It is clear that the limit value of the slope of the secant line is the slope of the tangent line.

So, the slope of the tangent line is -3.141588.

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