Writing Assignment for Friday, October 3rd

 

Please give short answers to each of the following questions by emailing me through the link for your section:  8 Section           10 Section

 

  1. What does the sign of the derivative tell us about a function?

 

  1. Give a step by step method for determining on which intervals a function is increasing or decreasing.

 

  1. Why is calculus a better judge of measuring when a function is increasing or decreasing than graphing?