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Review: 1) What is a tangent line? 2) What is a secant line? 3) What is a normal line?
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Answers: 3. Continuous. x 2 + 1 ≠ 0 6. Continuous It is a composition of functions 9. Discontinuous @ x = 0 12a. Yes f(1) = 1 b. Yes lim = 2 c. No d. No 15. f(2) = 0 18. Yes 21a. x = 1 b. Non-removable, jump 24a. x = 1,2 b. x = 1 is non-removable x = 2 is removable f(2) = 1 42. Possible Graph 45. x ≈ -0.724 and -1.221 51. Consider f(x) = x - e -x, f is continuous, f(0) = -1, and f(1) = 1 - 1/e >.5 By the Intermediate Value Thm, for some c in (0,1), f(c) = 0 and e -c = c 63. Since |x| is continuous, all functions in absolute value are continuous.
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Average Rate of Change What is the formula for the average rate of change? What does it mean?
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Tangents & Secants A tangent line intersects the curve at exactly one point. The tangent line can describe the rate of change at that point. A secant line intersects the curve at two or more points. We can use it to determine the slope of the line tangent if the points are infinitesimally close.
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Ex 1: Fine the average rate of change for f(x) = x 3 - x over the interval [2,4]
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Ex 2: Use the points P(23, 150) and Q(45, 350) to computer the average rate of change and slope of the secant line PQ.
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Ex 3: Find the slope of the parabola f(x) = x 2 at the point P(2,4). Write the equation for the tangent to the parabola at this point.
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Slope of a Curve @ a Point The slope of a curve f(x) at the point (a,f(a)) is m = lim f(a + h) - f(a) h 0 h The tangent line to the curve at the point is the line through the point with this slope.
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Normal to the curve. The normal line to a curve at a point is the line perpendicular to the tangent at that point. f(x) tangent line normal
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Ex 1: Find the slope of the curve at x = a. a) f(x) = x 2 b) f(x) = 1/x
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Ex 1: Find the slope of the curve at x = a. a) f(x) = x 2 b) f(x) = 1/x
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Ex 3: The equation for free fall at the surface of Jupiter is s = 11.44t 2 m with t in seconds. Assume a rock is dropped from the top of a 500 m cliff. Find the speed of the rock at t = 2.
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Assignment: p92 # 1-33odd
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