Lecture 1: Derivatives, slope, velocity, rate of change

author: David Jerison, Center for Future Civic Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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Comment1 s0uvik das , October 20, 2011 at 9:17 a.m.:

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Comment2 Nicholas Adu-Gyamfi, November 3, 2011 at 5:45 p.m.:

I am a bit curious about the calculation of the change in f (delta f), and the y coordinates of Q. Since Y= f(x), I suppose the vertical change in y (delta y), should also be change in f(x) or delta f(x) and not just change in f (delta f).
I will be grateful if someone can elaborate on this a little bit.


Comment3 sb.bartwal, September 17, 2013 at 9:52 a.m.:

becaus f is a fung. this is changing y respect to x so this fuun.cant change


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Comment5 Jorge, January 13, 2016 at 4:55 p.m.:

(Y + delta Y)/x+dx is also right,
However f(x) + delta f(x) says nothing to solve the problem for delta f(x) not is easy to be found,
but we can calculate directly the value of Y thought {f(x)+delta f(x)}=f(x+dx),
The reason is because we change all values in x variables to simplify formula and calculate y in terms of x.

then

dy . (y+dy)-y . [f(x)+df(x)]-f(x)
-- = ---------- = -----------------
dx . (x+dx)-x . . (x + dx) - x

but if [f(x)+df(x)] = f(x+dx)
then:

dy . [f(x+dx)-f(x)]
-- = --------------
dx . [(x+dx)-x]

is a step to solve the problem,
and limit when dx tends to 0:

. . . . . . f(x+dx)-f(x)
y' = Lim --------------
. . . dx->0 . . . dx

because it solve the problem
ordering y in terms of x


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