Secant and Tangent lines

This is a simple applet to show the relationship between the secant and tangent lines, and to help the student understand how the secant line approximates the tangent line under a limit. (The word limit is not mentioned in the applet). Students can change the function to see how the secant line behaves in different contexts.

 

mckaysm

 
Tipo de recurso
Actividad
Etiquetas
calculus  exploration  functions  secant  tangent  tangent-line 
Grupo destino (edad)
15 – 19+
Idioma
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
Licencia
CC-BY-SA, GeoGebra Terms of Use
Recursos derivados
Secant and Tangent lines
Compartido por Queency Q.
 
 
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