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Secant and Tangent Lines


	This Demonstration illustrates the connection between the secant line and the tangent line at a point on a curve. You can vary the point of tangency and the difference of the values of the two points defining the secant line.


	Contributed by: Joshua Fritz, Angela Sharp, and Chad Pierson
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Secant Approximations (The Wolfram Demonstrations Project)

"Secant and Tangent Lines" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SecantAndTangentLines/

Contributed by: Joshua Fritz, Angela Sharp, and Chad Pierson

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