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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Derivative (Wolfram MathWorld)

"Graphing Derivatives" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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Contributed by: Joshua Fritz, Chad Pierson, and Angela Sharp

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Calculus
Derivatives
High School Calculus and Analytic Geometry
High School Mathematics

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