April 2023
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
17h 28m
English
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Unit 4
Differentiation
In This Unit …
- Chapter 9: Differentiation Orientation
- Differentiating: It’s Just Finding the Slope
- The Derivative: It’s Just a Rate
- The Derivative of a Curve
- The Difference Quotient
- Average Rate and Instantaneous Rate
- To Be or Not to Be? Three Cases Where the Derivative Does Not Exist
- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
- Whaddya Know? Chapter 9 Quiz
- Answers to Chapter 9 Quiz
- Chapter 10: Differentiation Rules — Yeah, Man, It Rules
- Basic Differentiation Rules
- Differentiation Rules for Experts — Oh, Yeah, I’m a Calculus Wonk
- Differentiating Implicitly
- Differentiating Inverse Functions
- Scaling the Heights of Higher-Order Derivatives
- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
- Whaddya Know? Chapter 10 Quiz
- Answers to Chapter 10 Quiz
- Chapter 11: Differentiation and the Shape of Curves
- Taking a Calculus Road Trip
- Finding Local Extrema — My Ma, She’s Like, Totally Extreme
- Finding Absolute Extrema on a Closed Interval
- Finding Absolute Extrema over a Function’s Entire Domain
- Locating Concavity and Inflection Points
- Looking at Graphs of Derivatives Till They Derive You Crazy
- The Mean Value Theorem — Go Ahead, Make My Day
- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
- Whaddya Know? Chapter 11 Quiz
- Answers to Chapter 11 Quiz
- Chapter 12: Your Problems Are Solved: Differentiation to the Rescue!
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