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DATE

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TANGENT LINES AND DERIVATIVES: REPRISE

CALCULUS | PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE

Function

Tangent Line at a Point

Slope of the Tangent Line The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

f ( x) x

At x 1 the tangent line is y

1 1 x 2 2

What function transformation has the base function undergone?

g ( x) x

The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

At x 1 the tangent line is _______________________ The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

What function transformation has the base function undergone?

h( x )

x 2

At x 1 the tangent line is _______________________ The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

What function transformations has the base function undergone?

i ( x) x 2

At x 1 the tangent line is _______________________ The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

What function transformation has the base function undergone?

j ( x) 2 x
At x 1 the tangent line is _______________________

What function transformations has the base function undergone?

k ( x) 2 x 3
At x 1 the tangent line is _______________________

The slope of the tangent line at x 1 is:

What function transformations affect the slope of the tangent line at a point?

What function transformations do not affect the slope of the tangent line at a point?

The derivative of f ( x) x is f '( x)

. This gives us the slope of the tangent line at any point. (Above 2 x we only dealt with the slope of the tangent line at a single point.) So with this and what weve discovered in mind, lets find the derivative of these functions above at any point!
Function Derivative

f ( x) x

f '( x)
g '( x)

1 2 x

g ( x) x

h( x )

x 2

h '( x)

i ( x) x 2

i '( x)

j ( x) 2 x

j '( x)

k ( x) 2 x 3

k '( x)