textbook-theory · English
Graphing Derivatives
A two-page lecture note explaining how to sketch the graph of a derivative function from the graph of the original function. The document covers constant, linear, quadratic, and cubic examples, introducing critical points, inflection points, and concavity as graphical analysis tools. A three-step procedure is presented for constructing a derivative sketch from any smooth function graph.
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