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Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

Connecting a Function, Its First Derivative, and Its Second Derivative

Read the graphs or formulas of f, f' and f'' against each other, and justify where f increases, peaks, bends, and has points of inflection.

Topic 5.9 · 11 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus AB plan

In this lesson

  1. 01One graph, read three ways
  2. 02What a graph of can and cannot tell you
  3. 03Justifications that earn the point
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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