Graphs of Functions and Their Derivatives

Louis A. Talman
Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Metropolitan State College of Denver

These graphs are the ones we discussed in class on September 3, 2008

In each of the following pictures, which curve is the original function, and which curve is the derivative? (Click on a graph to see the solution for that graph—which should open in a new window. Simply close the new window to return to this page; if that fails, try the Back button.)

In the following pictures, which curve is the original function, which is the derivative, and which is the second derivative? (Click on a graph to see the solutions for that graph. Use the Back button to return to this page.)