Concavity and Points of Inflection (Second Derivative Test)
Students will use the second derivative to determine concavity and locate points of inflection.
Key Questions
- Analyze the relationship between the sign of the second derivative and the concavity of a function.
- Differentiate between a local extremum and a point of inflection.
- Predict the shape of a function's graph based on its second derivative's sign changes.
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