Function Grapher has the ability of creating tangent line and normal line of 2D curve. The following figure shows five tangent lines and five normal lines on the graph of equation y=sin(x). The calculating results are shown in Result Editor Function y=sin(x)
Tangent position: x=-2, y=-.9092974
Slope: -.4161468
Tangent position: x=-1, y=-.841471
Slope: .5403023
Tangent position: x=0, y=0
Slope: 1
Tangent position: x=1.57, y=.9999997
Slope: 7.962743E-04
Tangent position: x=3, y=.14112
Slope: -.9899925
Normal position: x=-2, y=-.9092974
Slope: 2.402998
Normal position: x=-1, y=-.841471
Slope: -1.850816
Normal position: x=0, y=0
Slope: -1
Normal position: x=1.57, y=.9999997
Slope: -1255.849
Normal position: x=3, y=.14112
Slope: 1.010109
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