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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
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"
Secant and Tangent Lines
" from
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SecantAndTangentLines/
Contributed by:
Joshua Fritz, Angela Sharp,
and
Chad Pierson
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