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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) Secant Becoming Tangent Example
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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) This code generates a sequence of frames that can be animated to show a secant line approaching the tangent line to a user-supplied curve. In the example shown, the function is y = x^3, and the point of tangency is (1,1).
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![](/common/images/spacer.gif) Calculus, Secant line, Tangent line, graphics, animation, derivative, SecantLine.ma
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| SecantLine.nb (20.7 KB) - Mathematica Notebook | ![](/common/images/spacer.gif) Files specific to Mathematica 2.2 version:
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