2.

2 Application of Differentiation

GRADIENT OF A CURVE

FIGURE SHOWS CARTESIAN CURVE POINT TANGENT

GRADIENT OF A CURVE AT POINT P = ? = ? CALCULATED USING?

EXAMPLE 2

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INCREASING AND DECREASING FUNCTION

DIAGRAM CARTESIAN x1, f(x1) x2, (fx2)

INCREASING FUNCTION as x, as fx OR <<

DIAGRAM CARTESIAN x1, f(x1) x2, (fx2)

DECREASING FUNCTION as x, as fx OR <>

INCREASING GRADIENT OF x BETWEEN [x1,x2] is……_____or_____

FUNCTION
DECREASING GRADIENT OF x BETWEEN [x1,x2] is……_____or_____
FUNCTION

EXAMPLE FOR X2

EXAMPLE 21

EXAMPLE 22

EXERCISE 2.0

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CONCAVE UPWARDS AND CONCAVE DOWNWARDS

DIAGRAM

CARTESIAN PLANE GRAPH OF CONCAVE UPWARRDS AND CONCAVE DOWNWARDS

CONCAVE UPWARDS As x, then f’(x) f’’(x) > 0

CONCAVE DOWNWARDS AS x, then f’(x) f’’(x) < 0
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STATIONARY POINTS

DEFINITION OF STATIONARY POINT POINT TANGENT PARALLEL

DIAGRAM CARTESIAN GRAPH STATIONARY POINT A, B, C

FIND COORDINATES OF STATIONARY POINT

SOLVE STATIONARY POINT P[ʎ, f(ʎ)] STATIONARY VALUE f(ʎ)

EXAMPLE 23

EXERCISE 2.11 q1 q2 done others not yet

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EXTREMUM POINTS

DIAGRAM CARTESIAN PLANE GRAPH MAX A POINT MIN B POINT

POINT OF INFLEXION C

IDEAS

MAX POINT The value of y compare to the sides…..

MINIMUM POINT The value of y compare to the sides….
POINT OF INFLEXION “seems like…”

GRAPH OF CURVE WITH MIN, MAX, INFLEXION POINT

CARTESIAN PLANE GRAPH POINTS

LINE OF CURVE REPRESENTATION 1) LEFT OF MAX, MAX, RIGHT OF MAX 2) LEFT OF MIN, MIN,
RIGHT OF MIN 3)LEFT OF POI, POI, RIGHT OF POI

GRAPH OF dy/dx against x

DESCRIPTION OF LINE OF CURVE REPRESENTATION ON GRADIENT TREND 1) LEFT OF MAX, MAX,

RIGHT OF MAX 2) LEFT OF MIN, MIN, RIGHT OF MIN 3)LEFT OF POI, POI, RIGHT OF POI

COMPARISON OF MIN MAX GRAPH

Y VALUE ON SIDES SIGN OF DY/DX PASSING THROUGH STATIONARY POINT

CHANGE OF SLOPE OF TANGENT TYPE OF CURVE

POINT OF INLFEXION

GRADIENT AT POINT OF INLFEXION COULD BE 1)__ 2)__ 3)__

DEFINITION OF POINT OF INLFEXION

 SIGN OF DY/DX BEFORE AND AFTER THE CURVE

HOW TO FIND THE INFLEXION POINT IF THE GRADIENT IS NOT EQUAL TO ZERO?
ANALYSE THE GRAPH OF D2Y/DX2 CONCLUSION?

TWO GRAPH COMPARED SHOWING D2Y/DX2 ZERO CONCLUSION : INFLEXION POINT HAVE
1) D2Y/DX2 OF….. 2) CHANGE IN SIGN OF …

THE VALUE OF D2Y/DX2 FOR MAX, MIN AND INFLEXION POINT