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Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

Solving Optimization Problems

Solve applied optimization problems from setup to a justified absolute extremum, and state what the maximum or minimum means in context, with units.

Topic 5.11 · 9 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus AB plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Answer the question that was asked
  2. 02The situation sets the domain, and the domain can win
  3. 03What the zero of the derivative means
  4. 04Optimizing a rate
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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