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Derivative as a rate of change

Tangents and rates

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Think about this

A car has covered s=t2s = t^2 metres after tt seconds. At t=5t = 5 it has gone 2525 m in 55 s. What does its speedometer show at that instant: 2525 m/s, 55 m/s, or something else?