2.

1 Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change at a point

2.3 Estimating the Derivative at a point
THE MAIN IDEA We can approximate tangent lines with ___________________________ lines.

2.1 Daily Video 1 Height in feet

THE PICTURE: AROC

Time in seconds

Using the slope =

formula m= AROC

(Important vocab) The simplified slope of the secant is called a _______________________________________.

How could we find this? Let watch this clip from the 2.1 Daily Video 1
(3:40-5:00 minutes).
 The Derivative at a Label the picture below
Point Formula

What would the slope of the secant line be?

AROC m= msecant =
*This formula is called the difference quotient.*

The Limit Definition

mtangent =
of the Derivative at a
point (IROC)

*This is the slope of the tangent line passing through (c, f(c)) a.k.a. the
derivative of f(x) at x=c.*

Derivative notation:
 AP Calculus AB

The Alternate Form

IROC vs AROC
formulas If f is defined on an open interval containing c,
The Average Rate of Change of f(x) over the interval (c, x) is: ______________________
*This formula is called the difference quotient.*

The Instantaneous Rate of Change of f(x) at x=c is: __________________________________

*This is the slope of the tangent line passing through (c, f(c)) a.k.a. the derivative
of f(x) at x=c.*

How we find slope EXAMPLE #1: Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of ( at (4,2).
of the tangent line

(Instantaneous Rate 
of Change)
 2.2 The Derivative as a Function AP Calculus AB

The derivative of f at x is given by

Definition of the
DERIVATIVE of a
function
provided the limit exists. For all x for which this limit exists. f ‘ is a function of x.

EXAMPLE #1: Use the derivative to find the instantaneous rates of change of
f (x) x 2 1 at x = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

Different ways to write the derivative:

How does the alternate form of the derivative differ from the derivative?

There are three main types of functions that are NOT differentiable.

TYPE 1: _______________________________________

Example: f(x)=[[x]]

Why not?

TYPE 2:
_______________________________________

Example: f x x 2

Why not?

TYPE 3: _______________________________________

Example: f x  x 3

Why not?

How do I find out if a function is differentiable at a certain point, c?

 2.1-2.4 Practice AP Calculus AB
Example #3: Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph of y = at x = 1

2.3 AP Daily Video 1

How to approximate The table below lists several values of a function y = f (x) that is continuous on the
the derivative. interval [O, 4]. Approximate the derivative off at 2.