AP Calculus ABChapter 15 of 46
Implicit Differentiation
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A circle is not a function, yet it has a tangent line at every point. Differentiating a relationship instead of a formula.
What this chapter covers
- apply the chain rule to y-terms to find dy/dx
- find tangent lines to implicitly defined curves
- locate horizontal and vertical tangents