Section 3.4
Local Extrema and Concavity
First derivative test, second derivative test, concavity and inflection points, curve sketching.
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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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Examples on Concavity and the Second Derivative Test for Concavity
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Examples of The Second Derivative Test for Extrema
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Example of Curve Sketching with a Trigonometric Function
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Example of Curve Sketching with Rational Exponents and a Cusp
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