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Analyze This Function

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In this derivatives activity, students solve 11 short answer and graphing problems. Students find inflection points, increasing and decreasing intervals, maximums and minimums, and graph an exponential derivative. Students use the quotient rule to find the derivative.

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concavity, derivatives, inflection points, quotient rule

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11th - 12th
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Math
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