The Tangent Line Problem 1/3How do you find the slope of the tangent line to a function at a point Q when you only have that one point? This Demonstration shows that a secant line can be used to approximate the tangent line. The secant line PQ connects the point of tangency to another point P on the graph of the function. As the distance between the two points decreases, the secant line becomes closer to the tangent line.
Values which are proportional are represented by the Greek letter ‘Alpha’ So if A is proportional to B We put the Alpha symbol between A and B to represent it
