Electronic Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-31, 2004

Paper S021

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-43792-6, Copyright (C) 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Using Derive 6 in Liberal Arts/Business Calculus

Barbara K. D'Ambrosia


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH 44118


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Carl R. Spitznagel


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
John Carroll University
Cleveland, OH 44118


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ABSTRACT

We will present a number of ways to use Derive 6 to support and reinforce fundamental ideas of calculus.Demonstrations will include use of slider bars in 2 and 3 dimensional graphs,as well as the 'show steps' algebra feature.

Keyword(s): Derive, calculus