Curve Sketching

• exposé

L E S S O N 25 25-1 Curve Sketching Objectives 1. To learn how to use the first and second derivatives to find a good sketch of the graph of a function f. 2. To identify the points needed to frame the graph of a function f. 3. To learn how to determine the horizontal and the vertical asymptotes for a function. 4. To learn how to use infinite limits to locate asymptotes.

• find intervals of upward concavity
• horizontal asymptote of the curve
• inflection points
• 25.4 find
• appropriate viewing window
• intervals
• find
• graph
• function