Question

i am getting confused with integrating and differentiating :S
how can i tell the difference and what do they find?
and what is a second derivative ?

Answer 1

the derivative tells you how the graph behave when you look real close at it. so close that it straightens out

Answer 2

you can see the slope of a point along a curve ith the 1st derivative

Answer 3

the 2nd derivatie shows you how the graph is bending..concavity

Answer 4

so is the first the gradient?
and is the second one for stationary points?

Answer 5

derivatives are concrete, attainable, exact.... integrals are an art, a feeling, a sense.....

Answer 6

whats a concavity?

Answer 7

the second tells us more information about the equation... tha the 1st cant.

Answer 8

think of concavity like a bowl sitting on the window sill; it is concave up.....or CAVE opens upward

Answer 9

concavity tells us how the graph opens up or down

Answer 10

gradient is a term use with vectors..... that i know of

Answer 11

integration is adding up alot of small parts; its the opposite of derivatives.

integration takes all the small derivative bits and adds them together to get a whole again

Answer 12

ur answers are in detail and stuff but not really what im after :S
sorry

Answer 13

'sok :)