MAT 1339 Chapter 1: chapter1.pdf

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Mathematics
• Course: MAT 1339
• Professor: Maryam Hosseini

Document Summary

To understand average and instantaneous rates of change and their connections to the slopes of secant and tangent lines. To be able to calculate average rates of change and estimate instantaneous rates of change from an equation, a graph or a data table. To understand the concept of a limit and be able to use the basic limit properties to. To understand the concept of continuity and be able to tell if a function is continuous or not at a point. To be able to recognize the common discontinuities that can occur on the graph of a function. To be able to recognize the indeterminate form 0 limit and know what to do to nd the limit. 0 when it occurs in the evaluation of a. To understand the de nition of the derivative of a function at a point and as a function and be able to use the de nitions to calculate them.