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What is the tangent line
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► My Derivatives course: https://www.kristakingmath.com/deriva... • Tangent lines are absolutely critical to calculus; you can’t get through Calc 1 without them! In this video, we’re talking all about the tangent line: what it is, how to find it, and where to look for vertical and horizontal tangent lines. • The tangent line is useful because it allows us to find the slope of a curved function at a particular point on the curve. We learned a long, long time ago in a math class far, far away that we could find the slope of a line, but we’ve never learned how to find the slope of a curved function. Since the slope of a curved function is always changing, the best we can do is find the slope of the curved function at one particular point on the function. And to do this, we actually don’t look at the function at all. Instead, we look at the tangent line to the curve that passes through the particular point we’re interested in, and we find the slope of the line instead. • To find the slope of the curve, all we have to do is take the derivative of the curve (because the derivative represents the slope), and then find the line with the correct slope that passes through the point of tangency. That’ll give us the tangent line, and the tangent line will have the same slope as the slope of the curve at the point of tangency. • We’ll also look at where to find vertical tangent lines, and where to find horizontal tangent lines, since that’s something you’ll be asked to do often. Horizontal tangent lines exist where the derivative of the function is equal to 0, and vertical tangent lines exist where the derivative of the function is undefined. • 0:24 // The definition of the tangent line • 1:16 // How to find the equation of the tangent line • 3:10 // Where the tangent line is horizontal and vertical • ● ● ● GET EXTRA HELP ● ● ● • If you could use some extra help with your math class, then check out Krista’s website // http://www.kristakingmath.com • ● ● ● CONNECT WITH KRISTA ● ● ● • Hi, I’m Krista! I make math courses to keep you from banging your head against the wall. ;) • Math class was always so frustrating for me. I’d go to a class, spend hours on homework, and three days later have an “Ah-ha!” moment about how the problems worked that could have slashed my homework time in half. I’d think, “WHY didn’t my teacher just tell me this in the first place?!” • So I started tutoring to keep other people out of the same aggravating, time-sucking cycle. Since then, I’ve recorded tons of videos and written out cheat-sheet style notes and formula sheets to help every math student—from basic middle school classes to advanced college calculus—figure out what’s going on, understand the important concepts, and pass their classes, once and for all. Interested in getting help? Learn more here: http://www.kristakingmath.com • FACEBOOK // / kristakingmath • TWITTER // / kristakingmath • INSTAGRAM // / kristakingmath • PINTEREST // / kristakingmath • GOOGLE+ // https://plus.google.com/+Integralcalc/ • QUORA // https://www.quora.com/profile/Krista-...
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