Name: How Can You Use the Definition of the Derivative?
Uploaded: 2023-02-10T08:27:24.562Z
Channel: House of Math
Description: You use the definition of the derivative of a function by inserting the function into the definition, then evaluating it. Watch this video to learn more.

means that something is approaching 0 in value, as it becomes immeasurably or incalculably small. 

You use the definition of the derivative of a function by inserting the function into the definition, then evaluating it. Watch this video to learn more.

How Can You Use the Definition of the Derivative?

A function that gives you the rate of change of the function f

The operation of finding the derivative f’ of the function f

Change in x coordinates, also referred to as the 

The input variable of a function, often named x

The output variable of a function, often named y

The number at the top of a fraction. It tells you the number of equal parts taken.

The number at the bottom of a fraction. It tells you the total number of equal parts in a whole.