Copy of Definition of a Derivative
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- نصر الدين ابو الهيجاء, Phillip Clontz
This page demonstration where the definition of a derivative comes from. Notice the variable "h" is the space between the two points (horizontally). As h gets closer and closer to zero the slope between the two points (x,f(x)) and (x+h,f(x+h)) becomes closer and closer to the slope of the tangent line at x. This is where the limit as h approaches zero comes from.