The slope of the tangent line with respect to the rate

[Dakota_Campbell_1C]

I don't understand how the slope of the tangent line is significant to finding a true rate if the rate is exponentially reaching a plateau.

[IsabelLight2H]

Do we have to ever take the derivative for this class or does he give us the derived formula?

[caseygilles 1E]

slope of a tangent line is significant because it tells us the reaction rate at a particular time in the reaction. We are looking for the instantaneous rate as a function of how much concentration we have at a certain time so we must use the differential rate law.

[Fanny Lee 2K]

We do not need to derive it on the final. However you should know what it represents and why we derive it (to find the instantaneous rate).