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In chapter 1 we saw that, for a function defined by y = f(x), the derivative \(\frac{{dy}}{{dx}}\) is a measure of (i) the gradient of the tangent to the curve y = f(x) at any point (x, y) on the curve, and (ii) the exact rate of change of y with respect to x. This leads immediately to two important applications of differentiation.
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© 1983 C. T. Moss and C. Plumpton
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Moss, C.T., Plumpton, C. (1983). Applications of differentiation. In: Differentiation. Core Books in Advanced Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06048-1_3
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