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Calculus AB/BC - Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute (Global) Extrema
Absolutely! Find the global maximum and minimums. Pupils watch a video showing how to find the absolute maximums and minimums of a function on an interval by testing critical points. The learners see how to determine whether a critical...
CK-12 Foundation
Absolute Extrema and Optimization: Building the Biggest Box
Optimally, you want the largest box. Given a square piece of box material, pupils determine the size of congruent squares to cut out of the corners to create a box with the greatest volume. Learners determine the equation of the volume...
CK-12 Foundation
Absolute Versus Local Extrema
Get the class to take an extreme look at functions. The interactive presents a function on a closed interval with a movable tangent line. Using the given function, pupils determine the extrema, critical points, and points of inflection.
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Absolute Maximum and Minimum
Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of absolute maximum and minimum while solving for absolute extrema. They solve example problems that are used for direct instruction, guided practice, and independent...
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Lesson #73 Absolute Maximum and Minimum
Students listen to a lecture about absolute maximum and absolute minimum. For this maximum and minimum lesson students use steps to find points and practice with an example.
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Extrema on an Interval
Students explore maximum and minimum points, slopes and tangents. In this Pre-Calculus lesson, students solve optimization problems and find rates of change.
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Worksheet #5, Concavity,
In this calculus worksheet, students determine the intervals in which a given relation is concave up. They determine the inflection points of a given formula. Students use the second derivative test to classify the relative extrema of a...
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Discussion Sheet 3: Function
For this function worksheet, students compute functions, classify critical points and determine the absolute extrema for an indicated region. This one-page worksheet contains approximately nine multi-step problems.
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Challenge Discussion Sheet 6
Learners are challenged to determine values that are guaranteed by the mean value theorem. They sketch the graph of a function and show that it satisfies the conditions of the mean value theorem over a given interval. Students determine...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
The Extreme Value Theorem
Finding the critical numbers of a function can be extreme. The lesson introduces the Extreme Value Theorem to the class with a graph. Pupils then have an opportunity to practice determining the values using an algebraic function.
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Analyze This Function
In this derivatives worksheet, students solve 11 short answer and graphing problems. Kids find inflection points, increasing and decreasing intervals, maximums and minimums, and graph an exponential derivative. Students use the quotient...
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Working with Rates of Change
In this calculus worksheet, learners problem solve 8 word problems involving rates of change in association with high school students. Learners work out each problem and give a short explanation of each answer.
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Functions of Two Variables
In this function of two variables worksheet, students explore the relationship between the derivatives of a function and the shape of the graph. They determine the maximum and minimum value using optimization. Students find the...
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Engineering in a Calculus Classroom
Students solve several differential equations. In this calculus instructional activity, students test their modulus calculation by testing different weights or beam lengths. They share their findings in class.