Curated OER
Lesson #75 Applied Maximum Problems
Pupils practice graphing. In this maximum and minimum lesson, students practice solving graphing problems. Steps for solving these problems are presented via a lecture/demo type lesson.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Aplicaciones De La Derivada
In Spanish. In this interactive unit learn how to calculate intervals of growth and decay, maximum and minimum value of a function, the intervals of concavity and convexity and the turning points of a function.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Puntos Caracteristicos, Criticos Y Singulares
Use this interactive unit to learn and use analysis tools that allow the location and calculation of the extreme value of a function on a closed interval.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Pre Calculus Maximums and Minimums: Finding Relative Extrema
This CoolMath resource will help students find relative extrema.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Minimum
This site from Mathworld.com defines the minimum of a function and set.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Optimization the Basics
In this lesson, you learn how to apply the concepts of maxima and minima to any formula that is generated by business, economics, physics, etc. It is one of the most important applications of derivatives and will show up on your AP...