MATH 1712: WEEK 5

Topics for this week are:

• Higher-Order Derivatives
• Implicit Differentiation
• Related Rates

Objectives for this week:

• Calculate higher-order derivatives, including velocity and acceleration
• Find the derivative dy/dx for implicitly-defined functions
• Solve related rates problems using implicit differentiation

Text coverage:     Sections 3.5 - 3.6 of S. Tan.

Online resources:

• Week 5 Formula Sheet
• Week 5 Practice Problems
• Maple Worksheets
  • Implicit Differentiation: This Maple worksheet uses Maple's ability to do implicit plots to give you a visual understanding of implicit differentiation problems.

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