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Equations of Tangent Lines April 21 st & 22nd. Tangents to Curves.

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1 Equations of Tangent Lines April 21 st & 22nd

2 Tangents to Curves

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4 STEPS to finding Equation of TL Step 1: Find the derivative Step 2: Evaluate at the given value Step 3: Use as your slope Step 4: Plug value into original to get a y-value Step 5: Write the equation of a line

5 Example

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8 Finding points on Tangents Horizontal tangents have a slope = 0 Set equal to the slope value & solve for x values Plug x values back into original to find the points

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12 Examples

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14 Homework Worksheet

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