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Chapter 06Applications of Derivatives

0106.01Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
0206.02Related Rates
0306.03Linear Approximation
0406.04Critical Points and Critical Values
0506.05The Extreme Value Theorem
0606.06Rolle's Theorem
0706.07The Mean Value Theorem
0806.08Increasing, Decreasing, and Concavity
0906.09First and Second Derivative Tests
1006.10Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
1106.11Optimization Problems
1206.12Newton's Method

Chapter 06 · Applications of Derivatives

0106.01Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
0206.02Related Rates
0306.03Linear Approximation
0406.04Critical Points and Critical Values
0506.05The Extreme Value Theorem
0606.06Rolle's Theorem
0706.07The Mean Value Theorem
0806.08Increasing, Decreasing, and Concavity
0906.09First and Second Derivative Tests
1006.10Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
1106.11Optimization Problems
1206.12Newton's Method

Topics / 06 Applications of Derivatives

06.09

First and Second Derivative Tests

Decide whether a critical point is a local max, a local min, or neither.

About 14 minutes

You'll learn to

→Apply the first derivative test
→Apply the second derivative test
→Know when the second derivative test is inconclusive

← 06.08 Increasing, Decreasing, and Concavity 06.10 Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule →

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