The Derivative

Click the buttons to start the animation. The base of the triangle has length 1. Its hypotenuse is parallel to the tangent line, and so its height is the derivative of f(x) at P.

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Ranger College
Ranger, Texas

Dr. John Gresham, Created with GeoGebra