AP Calculus ABChapter 9 of 46
Defining the Derivative
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The limit machinery, aimed back at the instant-speed paradox that opened the course — and closing it.
What this chapter covers
- compute average rates of change over an interval
- define the derivative as a limit, in both standard forms
- use derivative notation and compute a derivative at a point from the definition