This resource includes notes, examples, handout and assignment using the 2nd derivative to analyze functions.

Topics included are:

· Critical Numbers

· Intervals of Concave Upward and Concave Downward

· Points of Inflection

· Classifying Extrema using the 2nd Derivative Test

Function types included are:

· Quadratic

· Cubic

· Quartic

· Rational

· Trigonometric