Extrema and Rates of Change
Practice
7 questions · results right after
PracticeStudy guide
12 min · 13 ideas · worked examples and the traps.
GuideIn this chapter
- 01What Counts as a Polynomial
- 02What Is a Local Maximum?
- 03What Is a Local Minimum?
- 04Global (Absolute) Extrema
- 05Endpoints Can Be Extrema Too
- 06Step-by-Step: Reading Extrema from a Graph
- 07The Two-Zeros Rule
- 08Even Degree Polynomials Always Have an Absolute Extremum
- 09Turning Points and Rate of Change
- 10Step-by-Step: Detecting a Turning Point via Sign Change
- 11Inflection Points and the Rate of Change
- 12Practice Problems
- 13Key Takeaways