Calculus 2.

1 Day 3 Notes
Graphs of functions and their derivatives

Conditions for differentiability:

1) The function must be continuous at the point of interest.
2) There cannot be a sharp turn in the graph of the function at the point of interest.
3) There cannot be a vertical tangent line at the point of interest.

Examples:
These functions are differentiable everywhere:

These functions are not differentiable everywhere:

Alternative Definition of Derivative (Derivative at a point)

*can be used if we only need to know the derivative at one point → finds the slope of the
tangent line at one point*

𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑓(𝑐) provided the limit exists (the limit from

𝑓 ′ (𝑥) = lim the left and the right are equal & the
𝑥→𝑐 𝑥−𝑐 limit is not ±∞)

Ex: Find the derivative of 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 at 𝑥 = 4.

Calculus 2.1 Day 3 Notes
Sketching the graph of a derivative given a function
If you have the graph of a function, you can approximate the graph of its derivative function
by estimating the slopes of the tangent lines are various points.

• If the slope of the tangent line is positive, the y value of the derivative function will be
positive
• If the slope of the tangent line is negative, the y value of the derivative function will be
negative.
• If the slope of the tangent line is zero, the y value of the derivative function will be zero.
o This implies that the derivative function has an x-intercept wherever the slope of
the tangent line is zero.

Example: Sketch a graph of f’(x) given the graph of f(x).