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WhatDoYouThink?

▪Whatthingscouldbeconsideredthe

greatestachievementsofthehumanmind?

ItstheGreatest!

▪Considerthatallthesethingsemerged

becauseoftechnologicaladvances

▪ThoseadvancesreliedonCALCULUS!

▪Calculushasmadeitpossibleto:

•Buildgiantbridges

•Traveltothemoon

•Predictpatternsofpopulationchange

TheGeniusofCalculusisSimple

▪Itreliesononlytwoideas

•TheDerivative

•TheIntegral

▪Bothcomefromacommonsenseanalysis

ofmotion

•Motionischangeinpositionovertime

•Allyouhavetodoisdropyourpenciltoseeit

happen

WhatIsCalculus

▪Itisthemathematicsofchange

▪Itisthemathematicsof

•tangentlines

•slopes

•areas

•volumes

▪Itenabustomodelreallifesituations

▪Itisdynamic

•Incontrasttoalgebra/precalcwhichisstatic

WhatIsCalculus

▪Oneansweristosayitisalimit

machine

▪Involvesthreestages

1.Precalculus/algebramathematicsprocess

•Buildingblockstoproducecalculustechniques

2.Limitprocess

•Thesteppingstonetocalculus

3.Calculus

•Derivatives,integrals

ContrastingAlgebraCalculus

▪Usef(x)tofindthe▪Findthelimitoff(x)as

heightofthecurveatxapproachesc

x=c

ContrastingAlgebraCalculus

▪Findtheaveragerate▪Findthe

ofchangeweeninstantaneousrateof

t=aandt=bchangeatt=c

ContrastingAlgebraCalculus

▪Areaofarectangle▪Areaweentwo

curves

TangentLineProblem

▪Approximateslopeoftangenttoaline

•Sta