Day 6 – Tangent
Lines and
Derivatives
AP Calculus BC
September 9, 2015
Entry Task
Review Assignment #5
• Discuss the assignment with your table
partners.
• What questions do you have?
• Did you solve the problems differently?
• When you are done, turn in the assignment.
Learning Targets
 I can determine the derivative of
functions using the limit definition and
basic differentiation rules.
 I understand the connection between
differentiability and continuity.
 I correctly solved problems involving the
derivative of functions.
 I explained the connection between
differentiability and continuity.
Tangent Lines and Differentiation
• §2.1 The Tangent Line Problem
• §2.2 Basic Differentiation Rules and Rates of
Change
• §2.3 Product and Quotient Rules and HigherOrder Derivatives
• Problems to Work
• Section 2.1 (19, 31, 37, 39-42, 97, 101-104)
• Section 2.2 (24, 54, 65, 95, 100, 117)
• Section 2.3 (35, 53, 73, 81, 111-112, 120)
Assignment #6
• Due September 9
• Section 2.1 (19, 31, 37, 39-42, 97, 101-104)
• Section 2.2 (24, 54, 65, 95, 100, 117)
• Section 2.3 (35, 53, 73, 81, 111-112, 120)