Local linearity & Linear approximation

Solomon Xie
Calculus Basics
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1 min readJan 23, 2019

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Local linearity is for approximating of a point's value by its near known point.

Just think of a curve, a good way to approximate its Y-value, is to find another known point near it, and make a line connecting two points, then gets the value by linear equation.

Refer to Khan academy lecture.

Example

Solve:

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Solomon Xie
Calculus Basics

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