Rate of change and tangent to a graph

Experiment with the slider to vary the horizontal distance of P and Q. Check "show secant and tangent" to compare the secant through P and Q with the tangent in P. What happens if h tends to zero?

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Andreas Bauer, Erstellt mit GeoGebra