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More Power to Ya!

Subject Area
Math: Calculus: Derivatives
Math: AP Calculus: AP Calculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
15 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
2.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

More Power to Ya!

Activity Overview

In this activity, students will use the Calculator application to explore the Power Rule. For each of the four examples, they will first examine "true" statements about various derivatives of xn where n is an integer. They will observe patterns and use these patterns to create a rule for finding the derivative of xn with respect to x. They will then use their rule to create examples of their own.

Subject Area
Math: Calculus: Derivatives
Math: AP Calculus: AP Calculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
15 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
2.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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