Inflection Points
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Another important piece of analysis that will help us better understand functions is to determine the inflection point of a function.
Let's look at some advanced examples of inflection points.
At the end of this section you should be able to answer the following questions:
- What is an inflection point and what does it tell us?
- How are inflection points related to the first derivative?
- What conditions need to be true to determine if a point is actually an inflection point?
Check Your Understanding
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to these non-graded practice problems.