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Secant and Tangent Lines

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

Secant and Tangent Lines

Activity Overview

In this activity, students will observe the slopes of the secant line and tangent line as point Q on the function approaches the other point P. They will also determine the average rate of change for an interval and approximate the instantaneous rate of change using the slope of the secant line.

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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