Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties

 Topic 1: Defining Average & Instantaneous Rates of Change at a Point

o Determine average rates of change using difference quotients
o Represent the derivative of a function as the limit of a difference quotient

 Topic 2: Defining the Derivative of a Function & Using derivative Notation

o Represent the derivative of a function as the limit of a difference quotient
o Determine the equation of a lint tangent to a curve at a given point

 Topic 3: Estimating Derivatives of a Function at a Point

o Estimate Derivatives

 Topic 4: Connecting Differentiability and Continuity: Determining When Derivatives Do and Do

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o Explain the relationship between differentiability and continuity

 Topic 5: Applying the Power Rule

o Calculate derivatives of familiar functions

 Topic 6: Derivative Rules: Constant, Sum, Difference, and Constant Multiple

o Calculate derivatives of familiar functions

 Topic 7: Derivatives of cos x, sinx, ex, and ln x

o Calculate derivatives of familiar functions
o Interpret a limit as a definition of a derivative

 Topic 8: The product Rule

o Calculate derivatives of products and quotients of differentiable functions

 Topic 9: The Quotient Rule

o Calculate derivatives of products and quotients of differentiable functions

 Topic 10: Finding the derivatives of tangent, cotangent, secant, and/or cosecant functions
o Calculate derivatives of products and quotients of differentiable functions