Slope & Similar Items in Words & Symbols Grouped by Use
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Secants
- slope of the secant is average rate of change over the interval
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difference quotient is average rate of change over the interval
- slope of the secant is (y2) - y1)/ (x2 - x1)
- slope of the secant is (f(b) - f(a))/ (b - a)
- slope of the secant is (f(x+h) - f(x))/ h
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Tangents
- slope of the tangent is instantaneous rate of change
- slope of the tangent is limit, as h goes to 0, of the slope of the secant
- slope of the tangent is limit, as h goes to 0, of the difference quotient
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- slope of the tangent is m
- slope of the
normal is -1/m
- the derivative is the slope of the tangent m, f'(c)
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Derivatives
- slope of the tangent at (c, f(c)) is m
- slope of the tangent at (c, f(c)) is f'(c)
- slope of the tangent is f'(c)
- slope of the normal is -1/m
- slope of the normal is -1/f'(c)
- derivative of the function at (c, f(c))
- slope of the function at (a,b)
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Mean Value Theorem gsp - at some c on [a,b]. f'(c) = slope of secant through (b, f(b)) and (a, f(a))
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