From Secant to Tangent
Secants collapsing into a local slope · BC Calculus · greeting
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Elevation vs distanceAnchor at mi 1.4Secants to 1.9, 1.7, 1.55…▶Zoom in →curve ≈ line?▶
Owl: We're inventing a local slope by limiting a family of secants. What do you expect those secant slopes to do as the second point approaches the first?
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