19  Evanescent h

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Reading questions

Here is a dictionary definition of “evanescent”:

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.

  1. Explain what this has to do with the difference between “average rate of change” and “instantaneous rate of change?”

question id: evanescent-def-19

  1. How is the “derivative of \(f(x) ~ x\)” different from the “slope function of \(f(x) ~ x\)”?

question id: deriv-slope-18

  1. XREF not implemented yet has a list of derivatives of the pattern-book functions. How many of the pattern-book functions have a derivative which is another pattern-book function, or a simple transformation of another pattern-book function.

question id: D-pattern-book-18

  1. Which one of the pattern-book functions has a derivative that is exactly the same as itself?

question id: D-stays-same-18

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