Finding the Tangent Flashcards

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Note: find the slope, plug in the point

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How do we determine whether a tangent is an over or underestimate

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Finding concavity

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3
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If concavity is positive, the tangent is an…

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Underestimate

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4
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If concavity is negative, the tangent is an…

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Overestimate

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5
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What is the equation of a tangent

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y - y₁ = y ’ * (x - x₁)

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What do x₁ and y₁ refer to

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The x value we use to approximate and y value we find when plugging in x

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