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Exploring the Witch of Agnesi	tangent line (PreCalculus)	Sketchpad	Activity	[1]
This activity has students construct the graph of the Witch of Agnesi, and investigate both its asymptotes and inflection points. Fermat studied this function in the seventeenth century. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
From Secant Lines to Tangent L...	tangent line (PreCalculus)	Sketchpad	Activity	[1]
This activity demonstrates one of the many ways Sketchpad can be used in a calculus or math analysis class. Here, students explore the relationship between the slopes of secant lines to a curve... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Graphing f '(x): Increasing, D...	tangent line (PreCalculus)	Sketchpad	Activity	[0]
This activity is designed to follow the activities From Secant Lines to Tangent Lines and Slopes and Derivatives [referenced below], but it can easily stand on its own. Using a dynamic t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exponential Growth	tangent line (PreCalculus)	TI-Nspire	Activity	[0]
The main objective of this activity is to ﬁnd an approximation for the value of the mathematical constant e and to apply it to exponential growth and decay problems. To accomplish this, student... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exponential Curves	tangent line (PreCalculus)	Java Applet	Tool	[0]
Look for a curve of the form a^x which has slope 1 at x=0. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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