1.07 Rates of Change and the Derivative

Pre-Work:

Watch & Note Brightstorm’s videos:

Note: Write a statement for each example indicating what the answer means. For example: If you get an answer of 240 gnomes/year, you would say "The Gnome population is growing at a rate of 240 Gnomes/year". This is necessary in order to receive full credit on an Free Response Calculus exam question.

1) Average Rate of Change

• Definition and Example ARC From Table

• Problem 2 : ARC from Equation

• Problem 3: ARC from Graph

2)  Watch (no need to note it) Instantaneous Rate of Change

• Concept

• Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change Examples from Equations 

3) Watch & Note Brightstorm’s: "The Definition of the  Derivative" videos: Concept, Problem1, Problem 2, and Problem 3

4) Complete the attached Pre-Quiz in your notebook (see attached file).

5) Submit your pre-work in Google Classroom.

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