SCCI Digital Library

Applying derivatives to analyze functions (K-A)

Connecting a function, its first derivative, and its second derivative (K-A)
Determining concavity of intervals and finding points of inflection: algebraic (K-A)
Determining concavity of intervals and finding points of inflection: graphical (K-A)
Determining intervals on which a function is increasing or decreasing (K-A)
Exploring behaviors of implicit relations (K-A)
Extreme value theorem, global versus local extrema, and critical points (K-A)
Sketching curves of functions and their derivatives (K-A)
Solving optimization problems (K-A)
Using the candidates test to find absolute (global) extrema (K-A)
Using the first derivative test to find relative (local) extrema (K-A)
Using the mean value theorem (K-A)
Using the second derivative test to find extrema (K-A)