Find Values of x with Prescribed Slope

[BrownianMan]

"Prescribed slope"

Ok, so the prof gave us a list of topics and sample questions to focus on for the midterm. This is one of them:

Find all values of x where the graph of a given function has a prescribed slope.

I take this to mean, "find all the values of x where the given function is differentiable," or just find the values of x where it is not differentiable and say that everywhere else, it is differentiable. Is this correct?

 

[Mark44]

Sounds reasonable to me, although "prescribed slope" is not a term I'm familiar with. You should get clarification from your prof.

 

[Tedjn]

Another interpretation could be that he will prescribe the slope, e.g. 5, and you will need to find where the derivative equals that. I agree that you should get clarification.