applications of differentiation, including finding instantaneous rates of change, stationary values of functions, local maxima or minima, points of inflection, analysing graphs of functions including motion graphs, and solving maximum and minimum problems with consideration of modelling domain and local and global maxima and minima
U2.AoS3.9
the sign of the gradient at and near a point and its interpretation in terms of key features of a graph of simple polynomial functions
U2.AoS3.14
use derivatives to assist in the sketching of graphs of simple polynomial functions and to solve simple maximum and minimum optimisation problems
