009A Sample Midterm 1, Problem 4

Let  $y={\sqrt {3x-5}}.$

(a) Use the definition of the derivative to compute   ${\frac {dy}{dx}}$   for  $y={\sqrt {3x-5}}.$

(b) Find the equation of the tangent line to  $y={\sqrt {3x-5}}$  at  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (2,1).}

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