Differentiation
Lesson 3 of 11
Stationary points and optimisation
Objective. Locate and classify turning points and solve optimisation problems.
The key idea
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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