What are the (3) steps to finding the equation of the tangent line at a point?
1. Take the derivative of f(x).
2. Find f'(x)=y
3. Using y-y1=-m(x-x1) to find the equation.
Where are the critical points?
1. where f'(x) = 0
2. where f'(x) = does not exist.
The ______ ______ theorem states that if f(x) is continuous on a closed interval [a,b], then f(x) has both a maximum and minimum value on [a,b]
Extreme Value Theorem
The relationship between the slope of a tangent line to a curve and the secant line through points on a curve at the end points of an interval is the ______ ______ Theorem.
Mean Value
What is f'(c) defined as in the Mean Value Theorem?