the slope of a curve « Bobobobo’s Weblog

the slope of a curve

You can find the slope of a curve

m = lim(x->c) f(x) - f(c)
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                 x - c

- CogitoErgoCogitoSum
- Posted August 31, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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m = lim(h->0) f(x+h) – f(x)
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h

m = lim(h->0) f(x) – f(x-h)
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h

m = lim(h->0) f(x+h) – f(x-h)
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2h
- CogitoErgoCogitoSum
- Posted August 31, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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Wow… sorry everyone… my comment didnt post like I wanted it to. But those are other ways of finding derivatives.