Applications of the Derivative:  Curve Sketching and Extrema Practice Problems
The following six pages contain 28 problems to practice curve sketching and extrema problems.  Each image is approximately 150 Kb in size and will load in this same window when you click on it.  Use your browser's BACK button to return to this page.

Problems 1 - 6 (PAGE 1)     Problems 7 - 9 (PAGE 2)     Problems 10 - 14 (PAGE 3)     Problems 15 - 18 (PAGE 4)     Problems 19 - 22 (PAGE 5)     Problems 23 - 28 (PAGE 6)

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The following ten pages contain full solutions to the problems above.  

Answers 1 - 3 (PAGE 1)     Answers 5 - 6 (PAGE 2)     Answers 6 - 10 (PAGE 3)     Answers 11 - 14 (PAGE 4)      Answers 15 - 17 (PAGE 5)

Answers 18 - 19 (PAGE 6)     Answers 20 - 22 (PAGE 7)     Answers 23 - 24 (PAGE 8)     Answers 25 - 26 (PAGE 9)      Answers 16 - 18 (PAGE 10)