Understanding Differentiation Part 1: The Slope of a Tangent Line

The first operation in calculus that we have to understand is differentiation. So what is it, exactly? Well there are a couple of ways of looking at it. The first one involves finding the equation of a tangent line for some point on a curve. We can't do this with algebra, because for that we would need two points on the line, and we only have one. Enter calculus! Watch the whole Calculus playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveCalculus Watch the whole Mathematics playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMath Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1 Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2 General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio EMAIL► [email protected] PATREON►   / professordaveexplains   Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT