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Differentiation
Lesson 3 of 11
Review

Stationary points and optimisation

Objective. Locate and classify turning points and solve optimisation problems.

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Stationary points occur where f′(x) = 0. The sign of f″(x) tells you whether it is a maximum or a minimum.

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