The Derivative

Problem : Find the second derivative of f (x) = x ³ .

Solution for Problem 1 >>

We begin by computing the first derivative:

f'(x)	=
	=
	=	3x 2

The derivative of this new function will be the second derivative of f .

f''(x)	=
	=
	=	6x

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Problem : For which value of x is f''(x) = 0 , if f has the following graph?

Figure %: Locate the Points for which f''(x) = 0

Problem : Find all functions f (x) such that f''(x) = 0 .