Tangent line activity

Author:: Steve Simon

This is a closeup of the altitude curve from Investigation 1. Drag point B along the curve toward point A (20,9600), and observe how the slope of the secant line changes as the points get closer together

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Sylvester's Four-Point Problem
Using Inverse Trig Functions to Express Angle Measures
Oblation
Chebyshev Polynomial of the First Kind
Right Triangle Trig: Solving for Sides

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Discovery Activity for Families of Functions
Geometry Project #1
Quad Property 4
tang pt exterieur
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Hyperbola
Scatter Plot
Differential Calculus
Circumcircle or Circumscribed Circle
Stochastic Process or Random Process