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What does rotating an angle by ninety degrees reveal about the little triangle, and why does that finish the geometric proof?
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The unknown angle
State the remaining step of the argument: the hypotenuse together with the angle at determines the vertical side of the small right triangle.
The ninety-degree rotation argument
Record the two geometric facts, approaching the tangent perpendicular to and vertical, then carry onto the angle at by rotation to get .
The conclusion
Finish the computation: write , divide by , pass to the limit, and state the geometric result .
The product rule and the quotient rule
Write and for , and note the change-one-factor-at-a-time way of remembering the first.