09 - Tangent line to a curve

What is meant by “slope of the curve at the given point”?

Practice

2.1 # 3,5,7,11

Vocabulary

Secant, Tangent, Difference quotient, Slope of the curve at a point

Study Questions

1. What is a difference quotient?
2. How can the secant lines be used to approximate the slope of the tangent line graphically?

Resources

1. Slide Deck: Lesson-09-Tangent-Line-to-a-Curve