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Is it compulsory to find the second derivative test for finding maxima and minima?

Is it compulsory to find the second derivative test for finding maxima and minima?

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2 Answers

ashish kumar
17 Points
14 years ago


Dear Sumit,

Yes, it is compulsory to find the second derivative to get to know the concavity of the graph i.e. whether the graph is increasing and then goes on decreasing or if the graph was decreasing then goes on increasing.

Thank you.

sumit kumar
33 Points
14 years ago

Can't we skip it by using the "jumping" concept?

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