15–18% of the AP exam. Key topics: Mean Value Theorem (MVT), Extreme Value Theorem (EVT), Critical points and local extrema, First derivative test for local maxima and minima, Second derivative test for local maxima and minima, Concavity and inflection points, Global (absolute) extrema on closed intervals, Optimization problems, Curve sketching using derivatives.
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Free-response questions from past AP exams that test this unit's concepts.
