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Chapter 5

Reading the shape

Rising, falling, bending: what the slope says about the curve.

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Up and down

Under the curve, its slope graph draws itself as you go: high where the curve is steep, salmon below zero where it falls. Slide the point all the way across.

−2−112−3−2−1123xf−2−112−4−2246810xslope

f(x)=x3−3xf(x) = x^3 - 3x

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