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The discussion centers on the Tangent Theorem, emphasizing the importance of local dummy variables in mathematical expressions. It highlights that while dummy variables should remain local to avoid interference, their consistent use across different contexts is crucial. The process of finding the tangent to the slope involves substituting a specific value for x and analyzing the limit as h approaches zero. For further assistance, participants are encouraged to provide more details about their specific math problems.

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That way of doing it is confusing, but I would have a hard time giving an exact explanation why... If we must go into that, maybe this helps:

In many cases, the most important issue is that dummy variables should be kept local, and should not interfere with other variables in your mathematical expression. In some cases, however, what is instead important is that different uses of the same dummy variable should not conflict. http://documents.wolfram.com/mathematica/book/section-2.7.5

If that explanation DOES NOT HELP, what we really want to do is find the tangent to the slope and then substitute the value a for x. Thus, just look at x and x+h as h goes to zero.
 
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