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May 11, 2022 · Fundamentals

What Is a Derivative? Master Rate of Change, Tangent Slopes, and Core Functions

This article explains the concept of derivatives by introducing the rate of change, defining the instantaneous rate as a limit, interpreting derivatives geometrically as tangent slopes, and presenting the derivatives of common functions such as constants, linear, quadratic, power, exponential, sine, and cosine.