Calculus 1 Lecture Notes, Section 3.1

To calculate the slope of the tangent line, we simply substitute : We finally get the slope to be approximately . Example 4: If , find . Solution: Substituting for , Thus . Multimedia Links. For examples of finding the derivatives of trigonometric functions (4.4), see Math Video Tutorials by James Sousa, The Derivative of Sine and Cosine (9:20). ................
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