Deravatives help(I think it's done by chain rule)

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Hi everybody I'm trying to solve this equation
the text in shown picture basically asks to find meaning of Xo

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By doing this
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But it says my answer is wrong, can anyone tell me why, Thank you?(Also what is this equation called in English?)
 
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You title this "derivatives help", but then say "I am trying to solve this equation". But then you do NOT give any equation, rather a function f(x)= x^3+ x^2- 2x+ 3.

I think you are trying to find the equation of the tangent line at (1, -3). You have below that 3x^2+ 2x- x but don't say what that is! I think you meant to find the derivative but, if so, it is wrong. "3x^2" is the derivative of x^3, "2x" is the derivative of x^2 and "0" is the derivative of the constant -3, but the derivative of "-2x" is -2, NOT x.
The derivative is 3x^2+ 2x- 2. Evaluate that at x= 1 to find the slope of the tangent line.

You have the formula "y- y_0= m(x- x_0)" up on the right side. That is, of course, the equation of a line through the point (x_0, y_0) with slope m. But you don't use that or write the equation of the tangent line in that form. I see "-3= 4(1- x_0)". In addition to the incorrect slope (4 is wrong), you have x and x_0 reversed. "x_0" is the "1" of (1, -3).

And, no, the "chain rule" has nothing to do with this.
 
Can you please translate this:

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I figured it out :P
Thanks Ivy.
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I can't unfortunately. well Here is what I did
I found derivative of f(x)= x^3+x^2-2x-3
which is 3x^2+2x-2
I knew that X0=1 and Y0=-3
then I inserted 1 instead of X0 and got 3
So I used this formula
(Y-y0)=K(x-x0)
I inserted x0 and y0 and I got
Y + 3 = 3( X - 1)
I made Y=0, since I want to find Abscissa(x0)
So 3 = 3x - 3
6 = 3x
x = 2.
 
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