Calculus Terms Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024 (Already Passed)
What is the definition of a tangent line? - Answers A line that touches a curve at one point
What is the definition of a secant line? - Answers A line that touches a curve at two points
What is the definition of a poin...
What is the definition of a tangent line? - Answers A line that touches a curve at one point
What is the definition of a secant line? - Answers A line that touches a curve at two points
What is the definition of a point of tangency? - Answers The point where the tangent line touches a
curve
What is the difference between average and instantaneous rate of change? - Answers Instantaneous is
the rate at a specific moment. Average is the rate over a time interval.
How do you find an average rate of change? - Answers The slope of the secant
How do you approximate an instantaneous rate of change? - Answers Choose two points close to the
specified value and find the slope between them
When will a limit exist at k=n? - Answers When the limit from the left equals the limit from the right
How do we find a limit? - Answers Substitute, graph, approximate or algebra
How do you find a horizontal asymptote? - Answers Find the limit as x approaches positive and/or
negative infinity
How do we know if y=b is a horizontal asymptote? (technical definition) - Answers lim f(x)=b
How do we find an end behavior model for rational functions? - Answers Determine which part of the
function has more "power" at endpoints and use that
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