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Tangent lines – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Advanced Keyboard/CALCULUS USING THE SHARP EL-9900

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Draw the tangent line to a function at a given point.

1.

To draw the tangent line on a displayed graph, you must first enter the

graph for Y1. Enter the function f(x) = x

3

x

2

+ 1 for Y1 by pressing Y=

CL X/

θ/T/n a

b

3 – X/

θ/T/n x

2

+ 1 ENTER .

2.

Graph the function by pressing ZOOM A (ZOOM) 7 (Dec).

3.

Draw the tangent line at x = 1 by pressing 2ndF DRAW A (DRAW)

5 (T_line

(

), move the tracer right to x =1 by pressing repeatedly,

and then press ENTER .

TANGENT LINES