Chapter 05 · Derivatives
05.06
Higher-order Derivatives
Differentiate again: second derivatives, velocity and acceleration, third and higher derivatives, and patterns in repeated derivatives.
About 35 minutes
You'll learn to
- →Compute second and higher derivatives, and use their notation
- →Find velocity and acceleration from a position function
- →Tell when a moving object is speeding up or slowing down
- →Find a formula for the nth derivative from a pattern