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Grade 12Differential Calculus

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

Profile image of sumit kumar
17 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of ashish kumar
17 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.

Profile image of sumit kumar
17 Years ago

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