MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

5.3: The Second Derivative Test

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 5: Curve Sketching, Section 5.3: The Second Derivative Test" URL

  Read Section 5.3 (pages 108 and 109). In this reading, you will see how to use information about the second derivative (that is, the derivative of the derivative) of a function to find local maxima and minima.
  

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 5: Curve Sketching, Exercises 5.3: Problems 1-10" URL

  Work through problems 1-10 for Exercise 5.3. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.