it is possible to have two different tangents at the same point of a function???Please help me!!
C chrisgk New member Joined Jun 17, 2017 Messages 1 Jun 17, 2017 #1 it is possible to have two different tangents at the same point of a function???Please help me!!
K ksdhart2 Senior Member Joined Mar 25, 2016 Messages 1,297 Jun 17, 2017 #2 chrisgk said: it is possible to have two different tangents at the same point of a function???Please help me!! Click to expand... Well, what do you think? Think of some functions. Do any of them have two (or more) tangent lines at a given point? Maybe consider some standard functions of one variable, but also consider parametric functionshttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/mu...g-vector-valued-functions/v/parametric-curves, where the input is one variable, but the output is two or more variables. You may also want to review the definitions of tangent line, derivative, and how the two relate.
chrisgk said: it is possible to have two different tangents at the same point of a function???Please help me!! Click to expand... Well, what do you think? Think of some functions. Do any of them have two (or more) tangent lines at a given point? Maybe consider some standard functions of one variable, but also consider parametric functionshttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/mu...g-vector-valued-functions/v/parametric-curves, where the input is one variable, but the output is two or more variables. You may also want to review the definitions of tangent line, derivative, and how the two relate.
