Archive for January 15th, 2009

Class 1/14

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Today (1/14) in class, we reviewed sign charts and what they tell us. 
Key concepts include: 
* The 2nd derivative gives possible points of inflection
* If f”(c) = 0 then x = c is a possible point of inflection
* If f”(x)>0 then f(x) is concave up, if f”(x)<0 then f(x) is concave down
* Points of inflection = [...]