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Advanced Placement Calculus Page 11

Derivatives Geometric

Applications

LO 2.1A Identify the derivative of a

function as the limit of

a difference quotient.

Geometric applications of the

derivative and rates of change

Average rates of change

versus instantaneous rates of

change

Using the derivative to find

information necessary to write

the equations of tangent lines

and normal lines

Using the derivative to

calculate points of horizontal

tangencies

Approximating derivatives

from tables and graphs

Throughout

Larson/Hostetler Calculus

8 th

Ed. Chapter 2 Exercises

Higher Order Derivatives LO 2.1D Determine higher order

derivatives.

Second and higher order

derivatives

Larson/Hostetler Calculus

8 th

2.3, 2.4

Ed.