Chapter Contents

• Differentiation
• 1. Limits and Differentiation
• 2. The Slope of a Tangent to a Curve (Numerical)
• 3. The Derivative from First Principles
• 4. Derivative as an Instantaneous Rate of Change
• 5. Derivatives of Polynomials
• 6. Derivatives of Products and Quotients
• Derivative interactive graph
• Differentiation Java applet
• Derivative of a Cubic - Exploration using GeoGebra
• 7. Differentiating Powers of a Function
• 8. Differentiation of Implicit Functions
• 9. Higher Derivatives
• 10. Partial Derivatives
• Differentiation Problem Solver

• Comments, Questions?

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