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Parabola: Tangent Line

Author:
Brian Sterr
Topic:
Parabola
The sketch below shows the tangent line to the parabola . First, you can move point anywhere on the parabola. Then show the Secant line. Adjust using the slider. Notice as , the secant line becomes the tangent line. Reinforcing what we learned in class, you can show the y-intercept of the tangent line. Notice, given that the tangent line at will always go through , we can also use these two points to determine the slope:
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