Homework Help: calculus

Posted by fr on Monday, October 3, 2011 at 2:54pm.

How do you estimate derivatives when you don't know the actual equation of the line on the graph, but you have just a picture of the graph?

calculus - Steve, Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:03pm
Draw tangent lines and calculate their slopes by checking the x- and y-intercepts.
calculus - bobpursley, Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:03pm
estimate the slope of the tangentline.

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