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Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute Extrema

Find the absolute maximum and minimum of a continuous function on a closed interval by testing critical points and endpoints, and justify it as the exam expects.

Topic 5.5 · 8 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus AB plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Why only critical points and endpoints
  2. 02The Candidates Test
  3. 03When the test does not apply
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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