Solving a Math Puzzle: What Went Wrong?

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Homework Statement


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i can't believe i got this wrong.. i even checked the textbook for that and still got it wrong :/
B,C,D,E are 100% correct.
the other 2 i logically matched them..
increment of x obviously going to be F
and the tangent line, or the differentiable of y is A
so what's wrong?
 
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dy and Differential of y are the same thing.

A is the line, whose equation would be y - y0 = f'(x0)(x - x0), where (x0, y0) is the point where the line is tangent to the curve, and f'(x0) is the slope of the tangent line. Other notation for f'(x0) is [tex]\frac{dy}{dx}|_{x = x_0}[/tex].
 
oh i didnt know i can use the same answer twice.. i was thinking that too but then i thought it would be wrong with 2 of the same answers..

thanks man