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Calculus Lesson-Introduction To Derivative

Formula: m or the slope is the m of the equation y=mx+b Practice with Game Reminder: Tangent vs. Secant Tangent-line that touches the graph at one point. Secant-line that passes through the graph and touches it at 2 points. Eventually we will learn to change secant line into tangent line making our estimate an exact result.

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Calculus Lesson-Introduction To Derivative

Formula: m or the slope is the m of the equation y=mx+b Practice with Game Reminder: Tangent vs. Secant Tangent-line that touches the graph at one point. Secant-line that passes through the graph and touches it at 2 points. Eventually we will learn to change secant line into tangent line making our estimate an exact result.

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Calculus LessonIntroduction to Derivative

David Harry October 13, 2009

Reminder: Slope
Slope is rise over run between two points on a graph. Formula: m

y2 - y1 = x 2 - x1

or the slope is the m of the equation y=mx+b Practice with Game

Reminder: Tangent vs. Secant


Tangent-line that touches the graph at one point. Secant- a line that passes through the graph and touches it at 2 points, (x,f(x)) and (x+h, f(x+h))

Importance of Tangent vs. Secant


To find the slope of a function that is not a straight line (i.e. a curve) we must estimate with a secant line. Eventually we will learn to change secant line into tangent line making our estimate an exact result. Example *do some examples on the board with secant lines

Definition of the derivative


This is the formula we will use

f '(x) = lim
h 0

f (x + h) - f (x) h

Example using definition


9 + 6h + h - 9 lim f (x + h) - f (x) h 0 h f '(x) = lim h 0 h 6h + h 2 h(6 + h) lim h = h = (6 + h) f (3 + h) - f (3) , f (x) = x 2 h 0 lim h 0 h lim(6 + h) = (6 + 0) = 6
(3 + h) 2 - (3) 2 lim h 0 h
h 0

Using f(x)=x^2, find the slope at x=3

Therefore m=6 at x=3 of f(x)=x^2

More examples
Use the definition of the derivative to do these problems

1)x = 2, f (x) = 3x
3

2)x = 1, f (x) = x 3)x = 3, f (x) = x + 3 4) = 4, f (x) = x + 5x


2

Answers
1) m=12 at x=2 2) m=3 at x=1 3) m=1 at x=3 4) m=13 at x=4
M= 3

Graphic example of number 2

Recap
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