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Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching

Students use the second derivative to find where a graph is concave up or concave down, locate inflection points, classify stationary points with the second derivative test, and sketch cubic and rational functions with a full curve-sketching checklist.

Unit 3 · Lesson 10 · Applications of Derivatives

Preview

Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Slide 1
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Slide 4
    Slide 4
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Slide 9
    Slide 9
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Slide 16
    Slide 16
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Slide 17
    Slide 17
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Worksheet, page 1
    Worksheet, page 1
  • Concavity, Inflection Points and Curve Sketching — Answer key, page 1
    Answer key, page 1

Learning objectives

  • Determine where a function is concave up or concave down from the sign of f″(x).
  • Find inflection points and classify stationary points with the second derivative test.
  • Sketch polynomial and rational functions using the domain, intercepts, asymptotes, extrema and inflection points.

What's inside

  • 39 PowerPoint slides: lesson, worked examples and the worksheet with solutions
  • 10 worksheet questions (34 marks) with step-by-step solutions
  • Printable worksheet (4 pages) and a teacher answer key
  • Fully editable in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote and Word

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