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  1. Read the section, mayhap try some of the problems
  2. Mess with the Applet
  3. This was the applet that I assigned as extra credit. Ignore the gridlines, but just pay attention to the shape of the white and red curves. Try to illustrate what you've seen in the the text, by what you do with the curves. Notice what happens to both curves when you change the constant term (the one on top) and the x term (the second from the top) Play with this applet until you really see the relationship between f and f', as shown in the text.
  4. I'm not going to contrive some question for you to answer. I'll trust you to explore on your own. I do want to know if you find this one useful. Your assignment is to let me know.