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How a Difference Quotient Becomes an Instantaneous Rate of Change

Follow secant slopes as an interval shrinks to see how a difference quotient becomes a derivative, with a new x² example, units, and a nondifferentiable corner.

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The Rate of Change of y with Respect to x Is the Derivative