MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

5.4: Concavity and Inflection Points

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 5: Curve Sketching, Section 5.4: Concavity and Inflection Points" URL

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  Read Section 5.4 (pages 109 and 110). In this reading, you will see how the second derivative relates to concavity of the graph of a function and use this information to find the points where the concavity changes, i.e. the inflection points of the graph.
  

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 5: Curve Sketching, Exercises 5.4: Problems 1-9, 19" URL

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  Work through problems 1-9 and 19 for Exercise 5.4. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.