Intuitive Graphing of Derivatives
- Author:
- kosband, Tim Brzezinski
A function is graphed below. The GREEN points control its shape. The YELLOW points can be dragged anywhere along the graph. Each YELLOW point lines up with a BLUE point, whose height determines the slope of the line segment through the YELLOW point. Move the BLUE points to make the slopes tangent to the function. Then slide the slider to extend the line segments and graph the true derivatives.