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Graphing Derivatives
This Demonstration illustrates the connection between a function and its derivative on two separate graphs. The green vertical bars indicate the value of the rate of change at the point of tangency.
Contributed by:
Joshua Fritz, Chad Pierson,
and
Angela Sharp
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Contributed by:
Joshua Fritz, Chad Pierson,
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Angela Sharp
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