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Curves: gradient: the cubic curve y =
x³-x+2 Move the slider to move the red line.
The
gradient of a cubic curve changes as you move along the curve, so it does not
have any one fixed value. But you can find the gradient at a point on
the curve by drawing a straight line that just touches the curve at that point.
This line is called a tangent line and is shown above in red. The
gradient of this line tells you the gradient of the curve at the point
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