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What does it mean to take a derivative? I know how it's done, but not why.

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Finding the derivative of the function is just a way for us to discuss how the function changes. For example, if we want to get the derivative of function y, with respect to x (dy/dx), then it is a formal way of discussing, how y changes when x changes.

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