I need help with a math bonus worksheet!

[jmaethornley]

In Alg 2, my evil math offered us a bonus calculus workesheet that I need help with.
The first question is: Explain why the turning points of the graph of y= f(x) are among the zeros of f'(x) = 0
Also: can someone explain what the derivative of a polynomial function is?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

In Alg 2, my evil math offered us a bonus calculus workesheet that I need help with.
The first question is: Explain why the turning points of the graph of y= f(x) are among the zeros of f'(x) = 0
Also: can someone explain what the derivative of a polynomial function is?

How does your textbook define derivative of a polynomial?

Convert all the logs to base 2 ... and tell us what you get....

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[JeffM]

In Alg 2, my evil math offered us a bonus calculus workesheet that I need help with.
The first question is: Explain why the turning points of the graph of y= f(x) are among the zeros of f'(x) = 0
Also: can someone explain what the derivative of a polynomial function is?

I do not understand the circumstances.

You are studying second-year algebra?

Do you understand what a function is?

What is the definition of the zeroes of a function?

Have you learned what the general definition of the derivative of a function is and what it represents?

Your question does not specify that f(x) is a polynomial function so why are you asking about such functions?

Please do as Subhotosh Khan asks by reading the Read Before Posting thread. If you have not been able to do any work because you do not know the answers to my questions, let us know which of those questions is baffling you.