Overview
In this session you will:
- Watch a lecture video clip and read board notes
- Read course notes and examples
- Watch a recitation video
- Review another example
- Do problems and use solutions to check your work
Lecture Video
Video Excerpts
» Clip: Approximation Formula (00:10:00)
From Lecture 9 of 18.02 Multivariable Calculus, Fall 2007
Clip: Approximation Formula
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Reading and Examples
The Tangent Approximation (PDF)
Non-Geometric Argument for the Approximation Formula (PDF)
Recitation Video
Tangent Plane Approximation
> Download from iTunes U (MP4 - 15MB)
> Download from Internet Archive (MP4 - 15MB)
Examples
Problems and Solutions
Problems: Tangent Approximation (PDF)