Section 4.3
What Derivatives Tell Us
Increasing and decreasing test, first-derivative test for local extrema, concavity and inflection, and the second-derivative test.
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Lesson on Increasing and Decreasing Functions and the First Derivative Test
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Examples of Finding Intervals of Increasing or Decreasing and Using the First Derivative Test
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Examples of Finding Intervals of Increasing or Decreasing and Using the First Derivative Test (Basic)
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Examples of Finding Intervals of Increasing or Decreasing and Using the First Derivative Test (Hard)
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Examples of The First Derivative Test for a Function with Rational Exponents
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Lesson on Concavity and the Second Derivative Test for Concavity
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